A Modernist Landmark in Burlington, Vermont
Demolition of the building began in June 2025. Thank you to everyone who advocated for its preservation.
LETTERS OF SUPPORT
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
Historic New England
Getty Conservation Institute
Peter Ker Walker, Landscape Architect
Colin Lindberg, AIA, Consulting Architect
John Barnes, AIA
New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
Toshiko Mori, FAIA, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Docomomo_US / New England Chapter
Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
Timothy Parker, Norwich University
Lauren Weiss Bricker, Cal Poly Pomona
Olga Touloumi, Bard College
Brian Mac, FAIA, Birdseye
Architecture by Edward Larrabee Barnes
Landscape by Daniel Urban Kiley
DIVINE:
of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God
20 Pine Street was built as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in 1977. The last religious service was held on December 8, 2018.
DIVINE: supremely good
20 Pine Street represents the collaboration of two 20th century modern masters: architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and landscape architect Daniel Urban Kiley.
DIVINE:
to discover or locate
20 Pine Street is presently vacant and for sale. It needs a new owner with the means and creativity to breathe new life into the property.