Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-23
A BURLINGTON LANDMARK
The Brooiscs Homestead Purchased by
L., =. AdSit--FRmous Men Who
Have Been Entertained
There.

Tho Burlington Realty company. which |
secured an option on the famous Brookes
homestead on Pearl street from Col. lIor-
ace j. Brookcs, has sold the property TO
Il. 8. Adsit on private terms, so that the
real estate was not sold at public sale
Wednesday as advertised last week.
This we'll known homestead is one of
the landmarks of Burlington. the house.
which was long one Of the finest examples
OF colonial architecture in this region, hav-
ing been erected in 1900 by Horace LOOMS,
who at that time lived with his father.
phineas LOOMS at the southwest corner
of Pearl and Williams streets In house
which occupied the present site of the
residence of Frederick H. Wells. Phneas
Boomls according to Charles f. Aliens
volume entitled About Burlington had
come to this community and erected his
house in 1890, tho structure being sur
rounded by the original forest.
1t is interesting in this connection to
note that the Horace Iroomis house. which
! is more familiar to the present generation
as the "Brookes house." was erected -four
years before Capt Thaddous futile, a
merchant. erected the residence formerly
known as the Governor Van Ness man
| sion on Main street and now called Grass
Mount. It was erected is years before
The Tucker house, occupied by George Il.
/ whitney, was erected by F.. II. Deming,
and the same length of time before Col.
Ozias Buell. built the house now occupied
by the Rev Edward Hungerford.
The walls of the Broolles house are ap-
rarently rs sold and immovahle as the
day the structure was completed, and the
spacious rooms still retain much of the
i To-
colonial times. The wide colonial hail ex-
tending the entire depth Of the main part
of the house is still adorned with the hand
some wall paper Of unique design which
was laid in 1870 and the chandeliers are
roplicas of those which shed light in their
times upon some Of the most famous per
sonages of tho land.
In the Brookos house wcrc entertain
cd President William Henry Harrison,
Henry Clay. the great commoner Com
modore Hun of the old United states
frigatc "Constitution," and other fam
Gus men. While Commodore Macdon-
ough was making preparations for the
great naval struggle which was to give
him as well as Lake Champlain undv-
ing fame in the annals of naval war
fare that intrepid commander enjoyed
Cen Lafayette was also n caller at th'
old home. It is thus evident that grcn'
historic interest attaches to the wall:
of this fine old colonial house which
/ sheltered one of the first families o
4 Burlington.
IT will be gratifying 10 Burlington
A ians to learn that Mr.. Adsit. the nov
4 owner of tho Proxies house, is plan
d ming to so arrange the property as t
q preserve the house together with tn
I grounds Immediately surrounding it
although in all probability lot will b.
separated from it on the west side, !
/ is also planned to cut a court into tn
4 property at the rear extending easteri'
4 from willard street. so that the Pear
\ street front will remain unchanged.
q number of ffne lots will be taken OF
4 from the rear of the property, whicI
i has a total depth of 343 feet, the front
NJ age on Pearl street being ia feet.