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Photograph gives view down Main Street. The Advocate Building may be seen on the left, while the Union House is pictured in the center. Photograph taken circa 1880.

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

This photograph, taken circa 1880, gives a view looking east to Main Street from Atlantic Square. The Union House is shown in the left of the photo while the Stamford Post Office is pictured on the bottom left.

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…