MONTPELIER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

All our downtown properties have been designated Historic Structures by the State of Vermont and the United States Congress. We manage 18 buildings on the Historic Registry.

Many of the buildings are located in the downtown Montpelier business district or in the surrounding neighborhoods. It is a short walk to downtown.

Our Company has spent over 35 years maintaining the integrity of Montpelier's historic aesthetic keeping with the tradition of the City's identity and updating building systems as necessary for modern convenience.

20-32 State Street, Union Block, 1915.

Brick, three stories, flat roof. It is six bays wide with flat brick arches and cast cement keystones. The building is not symmetrical; it has a monumental entrance which is flanked on the left by three bays and on the right by two bays. Each bay contains three window sashes with the exception of the bays above the entrance which have two sashes. The double hung windows have replacement sash with three vertical lights over three vertical lights. On the third floor the windows are each topped by a three light transom. The entrance bay is treated as a pavilion with cement quoining; however, it is flush with the main building. The recessed entrance is surmounted by a concrete panel which reads, "1875 Union Block 1915," and above this is an ornamental iron railing. Above the windows are header spandrels and between the bays are subtle brick pilasters. The brick of the facade is also subtly patterned to create geometric designs. The molded metal cornice of this building is of the same style as the adjacent buildings, with the exception of a small stepped parapet with a centrally located cartouche above the entrance bay.

The rear facade has the more usual brick horizontal panels framed within an expressed concrete structure of this type of industrial and commercial building. According to building permit records, the building had general renovations in 1982 and further work on individual offices and storefronts since then. Four of the five storefronts are recessed or partly recessed. This brick commercial block was built in 1915. It replaced an earlier 1875 Union Block designed by Montpelier architect George Guernsey that burned in 1914. This building is a good example of the early 20th century type of concrete and brick structure that was more typically used in industry