Built as a school about 1854, it has had a history of varied uses and prominent local owners, and has high quality Colonial Revival and Italianate features.

[1] The Shearer and Corser Double House stands in a suburban residential area northwest of downtown St. Johnsbury, on the east side of Summer Street between Webster and Mt.

Its hip roof is supported by Tuscan columns, and it has shingled skirts topped by low metal balustrades.

[2] This building began life as a schoolhouse, built in the mid-1850s, and located at the corner of Summer and Winter Streets.

It is unclear whether they were responsible for the building's Italianate features, or if they were added by Leroy Shearer and Brackett Corser, who purchased it from Fairbanks in 1878.