Edward Wells House, Burlington

Name: Edward Wells House
Address: 61 Summit Street, Burlington, United States

#57 among attractions in Burlington

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The Edward Wells House is a historic house at 61 Summit Street in Burlington, Vermont. Built in 1891–92 for the president of a patent medicine maker, it is one of the city's finest examples of Queen Anne Victorian architecture executed in brick and stone. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The house was for many years home to the Delta Psi fraternity; is now owned by the University of Vermont. ()

Built: 1891 (133 years ago)Coordinates: 44°28'28"N, 73°12'11"W

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61 Summit StreetHill SectionBurlington United States

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Edward Wells House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church Street Marketplace, Burlington Town Center, Ira Allen Chapel, Burlington Memorial Auditorium.

0.5 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Church Street Marketplace, Burlington
14 min walk • The Church Street Marketplace is an uncovered outdoor pedestrian shopping and dining mall in Burlington, Vermont, consisting of the four blocks of Church Street between Main and Pearl Streets.
0.6 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Burlington Town Center, Burlington
17 min walk • CityPlace Burlington was a formerly enclosed shopping mall. Located on the Church Street Marketplace open-air mall in Burlington, Vermont, United States, it opened in 1976. The mall's anchor stores were Macy's and L.L.Bean. The western portion of the mall closed in fall 2017 for redevelopment. The eastern portion remains open.
0.4 miNE
Church
Ira Allen Chapel, Burlington
11 min walk • Ira Allen Chapel is a building on the campus of the University of Vermont, which is located on the northeast corner of the "University Green" in Burlington, Vermont. The building was constructed during 1925–26, and dedicated on January 14, 1927.
~1790 ftNW
Sport venue, Arenas and stadiums, Sport
Burlington Memorial Auditorium, Burlington
9 min walk • Burlington Memorial Auditorium is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena, in Burlington, Vermont. It was built in 1927, and is operated by the Burlington Department of Parks and Recreation. As a convention center, it offers 20,000 square feet of space. The main space contains a 27-by-80-foot proscenium stage.
0.4 miW
Park
Courthouse Plaza, Burlington
11 min walk • The Chittenden County Superior Courthouse, formerly the U.S. Post Office and Custom House, is a historic government building at 175 Main Street in downtown Burlington, Vermont. It was built in 1906 and was designed by James Knox Taylor in the Beaux-Arts style. Known in the 1970s as the Smith-Goldberg U.S.
0.5 miW
Museum
The BCA Center, Burlington
13 min walk • Burlington City Arts is an art gallery, arts education/studio center, and cultural events space in Burlington, Vermont. The building was originally built as the Ethan Allen Firehouse on Church Street in 1889. The building is owned by the City of Burlington.
0.6 miNW
Shopping, Department store
Montgomery Ward Building, Burlington
15 min walk • The Burlington Montgomery Ward Building is a historic former department store building located at 52-54 Church Street, between Cherry and Bank Streets, in the Church Street Marketplace of downtown Burlington, Vermont.
0.5 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art
Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington
13 min walk • The Fleming Museum of Art is a museum of art and anthropology at the University of Vermont in Burlington. The museum's collection includes some 25,000 objects from a wide variety of eras and places.
0.5 miNW
Church
First Methodist Church, Burlington
12 min walk • The First Methodist Church of Burlington is a historic church located at 21 Buell Street in Burlington, Vermont. Built in 1869 to a design by Alexander R. Esty, it is the city's only example of ecclesiastical Romanesque Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
0.4 miNW
Library
Fletcher Free Library, Burlington
11 min walk • The Fletcher Free Library is the public library serving Burlington, Vermont. It is located at 235 College Street, in an architecturally distinguished Beaux-Arts building, constructed in 1902 with funding support from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
~480 ftSW
Monuments and statues, Universities and schools
Champlain College, Burlington
3 min walk • Champlain College is a private college in Burlington, Vermont. Founded in 1878, Champlain offers on-campus undergraduate and online undergraduate courses through Champlain College Online, along with online certificate and degree programs and master's degree programs, in more than 80 subject areas.

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Which popular attractions are close to Edward Wells House?

Nearby attractions include Champlain College, Burlington (3 min walk), Wells-Jackson Carriage House Complex, Burlington (4 min walk), Winterbotham Estate, Burlington (4 min walk), South Willard Street Historic District, Burlington (6 min walk).

How to get to Edward Wells House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Edward Wells House:

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Downtown Transit Center (18 min walk)
University Mall Bus Stop (31 min walk)