Property for Sale by Preservation Trust's
Historic Places Revolving Fund
Property: Molloy-Delano House
Address: Essex Town Center, Route 15 at Butler’s Corners, Essex, Vermont
Description: Circa 1820 Federal Style two-story, wood frame house with garage.
Purchase Price: The house and garage are for sale for $29,500. The property is located within the larger Essex Town Center development. The buyer will lease the land under the building from the developer and in addition to the ground lease payment, the buyer will also pay monthly common area maintenance fees.
Conditions of Sale: A façade easement on the exterior of the house will be attached to the deed. The new owner will be required to rehabilitate the house within a specified time frame.
 
 
Molloy Delano House 2011, Essex, VT
Background: The Molloy - Delano House was built ca. 1820 at Butler's Corners, the site of an early settlement in the Town of Essex, Vermont. The house and the adjacent brick house were built by brothers Roswell and William A Butler who, with their sons, were engaged in several enterprises in the area, primarily lumber and mercantile operations. They also built a store, which no longer stands, located between the two buildings. At the intersection of Route 15 and Old Stage Road, Butler's Corners was an important crossroads community with roads connecting Burlington and Winooski north to St. Albans, and east towards Cambridge and Johnson. The settlement consisted of several houses, the store, a blacksmith shop, a school and a handful of farms.
The Molloy-Delano House is distinctive architecturally. It is a 1 1/2 story post and beam, wood frame building with wood plank wall construction, clapboards, and a low-pitched gable roof. An early and rare example of an arcaded, recessed front porch with five arched openings extends across the full width of the front facade.
The house, after surviving for almost 200 years, could, after rehabilitation, continue to serve the community for generations to come.
For more information, please contact Emily Wadhams, ewadhams@gmail.com.
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