This is a photograph of Main Street circa 1880. The Union House is pictured in the foreground. Description: " One of Stamford's early hotels, the Union House, was built by Thomas P. Dixon, architect and master builder, in 1844. Subsequently known as…
Plumbing/home furnishing store on Atlantic Street. Photo taken 1890-early 1900s. Description: "... we see the successors to Haight and Holmes, Louis S. Begent and Albert Lynch. Louis S. Begent, standing at center served as Stamford's Postmaster from…
This is a photograph of Stamford High School, built 1896, at its previous location on Forest Street. The photo was taken circa 1910. By 1976, the original building was used as the location of Burdick Middle School. Additions to the middle school were…
Description on back of photo: "The Old Methodist Parsonage, once the home of Lt. Governor Charles Hawley, for whom it was built in the thirties (1830's) by Thomas P. Dixon. It was replaced by the present parsonage in the late 1890's. Dixon in his…
Description taken from back of photo: "Webb's Tavern, also known as the 'Old Washington House' from the tradition that Washington stopped here during one or more of his trips to New England. In front of this tavern in 1775, the Stamford patriots…
Description from photo caption: " This was Stamford's first bank--the Stamford Bank. It was organized and began operations in 1834 in the quarters shown." Picture from Stamford Advocate Tercentenary edition.
Photograph of Webb's Tavern from Gillespie's "Picturesque Stamford," pg. 128. George Washington stopped at the tavern for breakfast on one of his travels. See link for more information. http://www.stamfordhistory.org/ps_civilwar.htm
The Methodist Episcopal Church at its original location on River and Main St. - Photograph from the Gillespie collection in "Picturesque Stamford," pg. 178. Description with photo: " The Methodist Church facing east toward West Park, at the corner of…