Built in 1868, this vernacular waterfront house was home to Philomene Daniels, believed to be the first woman to be given a steamship captain's license.

She, her husband Louis, and their two sons operated the Daniels Boat Line, providing freight and passenger service between Vergennes and Westport, New York.

By 1877 he had acquired both pilot and engineering licenses for operating the ship, which carried freight and passengers down Otter Creek to Lake Champlain and across to Westport, New York.

The couple's two sons began assisting their father in the operation of the service, and Philomene also joined the family business.

The family eventually acquired or built three more steamships, which plied the lake until 1916, when other forms of transport rendered it unprofitable.