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Old Waterbury Pictures
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Old Silas Bronson Library on Grand Street next to city hall, torn down in 1962 and replaced with the present library.
Exchange place circa 1860-65. Looking north up North Main St.On the left is the east end of the green where the Carrie Welton Fountain is today. The building on the corner, left side of N. Main is where Banknorth (prev. American Bank) is now.
St. Mary's Hospital circa 1910. There have been many additions to the building since it opened in 1909.
A muster of Company A, 1st Regiment, Connecticut National Guard at parade rest on the Green in 1880.
In the center background, across West Main St., is the William B. Merriman property and house where the Immaculate Conception Church is today.
The white house on the right side of the picture is the William Scovill home. Prospect Street is between them.
Another muster, this time earlier, during the Civil War. The buildings in the back are clearer
Crosby High School, East Main Street on the corner on North Elm St. where the Waterbury Police Dept. is today.
This picture was taken in the late 1950's or early 60's.
The Chief Two Moon laboratory on East Main St. in the 1920's.
Hellen's Bakery occupied the building for many years and now is the home of Euro Bakery.
Corner of West Main St. and Leavenworth St. across from the green looking east as it was seen in the late 1880's. The new state Motor Vehicle office building is there today. In the 1950's and 60's the Lincoln Store occupied this corner.
The building on the corner of Leavenworth St. is the first Silas Bronson Library which later became an annex to City Hall.
The building with the clock tower is the old City Hall which burned down in 1912.
The next building to the left of city hall is the Scovill House the city's finest hotel of its day which was destroyed by fire in 1902.
Same area as above but looking west from Exchange Place a little bit later than the picture above (note the telegraph - telephone - power??? poles absent in the above picture) but sometime before the great fire of 1902. Bauby's Corner on the left; the Scovill House (4th building) with the balconies; City Hall; and the first Bronson Library.
In the far distance on the right side is the Booth residence where St. John's parish house is today.
Newspaper headline after the great 1902 fire.
Original Apothecaries Hall Co. building at the junction of Bank and South Main Streets about 1890. It occupied this building since its founding in 1849. The building was built in 1829 by Benedict and Coe as a general store.
Exchange Place in 1892. The old Apothecaries Hall building had just been torn down. On the left at the corner of East Main and South Main are buildings that stood until 1930 when they were replaced with the Brown Building.
The Brown Building just after being finished in the early 1930's still stands today on the corner of East Main & South Main St. Same corner as the picture above.
Waterbury's first cemetery, located on Grand St. where Library Park is today. It was abandoned in 1891 and some of the graves and their remains moved to other cemeteries, some of the oldest grave stones were preserved in the wall around the park and are visible from Meadow Street.
Freight Street bridge area in 1936 at the bottom of Chase Parkway.
Harpers Ferry Road bridge over the Mad River and Meriden railroad tracks. It was torn town and replaced in the late 1950's when I-84 was built.
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