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    Wallingford
    Wallingford
    Wallingford
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    Wallingford

    By The Wallingford Historical Society

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    Wallingford lies nestled among the hills along the
    valley of the Quinnipiac River in Connecticut. Its first settlers were 38 planters and their families, who arrived in 1670. The land proved to be productive for farming and orchards. Many years after its founding, Wallingford flourished as a center for the making of silver hollowware and flatware. With names such as Wallace, Simpson, Rogers, Elton, Hall, Miller, International Silver, the Community (a commune, which later joined the Oneida, New York community), and later Boardman, Wallingford became known throughout the country.
    Unique areas of Wallingford such as Yalesville, Tracy, Pond Hill, North Farms, and Cook Hill sprang up, taking on the names of the people who started businesses and farms there. Today, although most of the farms and the silver industry have disappeared, Wallingford still has a thriving industry and rural expanses. Revering its heritage, the community has worked hard to achieve this balance as it has gone forward to meet the challenges of the present and future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439626863
    Wallingford
    Author

    The Wallingford Historical Society

    In this book, the Wallingford Historical Society, fondly known as "Wallingford's Attic," presents an array of images, showing the people, houses, streets, schools, and industries that have made the town what it is today--a source of great pride for its citizens.

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      Wallingford - The Wallingford Historical Society

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      STREET SCENES

      MAIN AND CENTER STREETS, C. 1905. This is the uptown center of Wallingford looking to the northeast. The tall building to the right of center is the town hall, built in 1868. The store on the corner was the photographic studio of J.W. Alderidge. The first brick building to the left of center is the Stanley Botsford Block, while the massive building further north is the William Wallace Block, later known as the Caplan building.

      SIMPSON COURT, C. 1916. The large building on the left is Simpson Block, built in 1887. The third and fourth floors housed the Opera House run by George Wilkinson. The tenant on the near end of the building was the Dime Savings Bank. In the center is the old fieldstone drinking fountain. The uptown bandstand is toward the rear.

      THE WILLIAM WALLACE BLOCK (LEFT) AND THE BOTSFORD BLOCK (RIGHT), C. 1885. At this time the block housed the law offices of J.C. Hinman, a merchant tailor, probably E. Whitworth, the Dime Savings Bank, and a pharmacy, possibly that of Thomas Pickford, who at one time shared space with the Dime. The Ladies Library and Reading Room, with their 1,400 books, occupied part of one of the upper floors.

      MAIN AND CENTER STREETS, C. 1917. This is a parade day, probably July 4. The Rovegno Fruit Store is at the left. The building with the American flag on it is home to James Moran’s Drug Store, which would remain on that site for the next 70 years. In the background, is the U.S. Post Office, built in 1913.

      LOOKING WEST ON CENTER STREET FROM ORCHARD STREET, C. 1910. The cemetery was separated from the street by a fence, not the wall we know today. The trolley tracks, which ran very close to the cemetery fence, went from the railroad station to Constitution Street, carrying the commuters who worked at the Simpson, Hall & Miller Co., later known as Factory L. The building on the far right became the W.T. Grant store later on.

      LOOKING TOWARD THE RAILROAD STATION FROM LOWER CENTER STREET. At the junction of Colony and Center Streets, a horse could refresh itself with a drink from a high-barrel trough. The Dinky took passengers from the railroad station to uptown and as far east as Simpson’s Pond, before going to the trolley barn across from the Grange Hall on Center Street

      LOOKING EAST ON CENTER STREET FROM BETWEEN COLONY AND MEADOW STREETS, C. 1933. The age of the automobile has certainly arrived. You will note that the street is almost double the width from the picture on p. 11, and the cemetery wall now protects our ancestors from the hustle and bustle of the modern world.

      A VIEW OF WALLINGFORD FROM THE MASONIC HOME AND HOSPITAL. This gives an almost aerial view of Wallingford from high on the hill at the Masonic Home overlooking Community Lake. To the right is the double-bow bridge on Hall Avenue, and the Watrous Manufacturing Company, later part of the International Silver Co. There is a lot of Wallingford to be found in this

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