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J.H. Lee's Tenement Houses

The Fessenden Block, Atlantic Square. Bunting decorates downtown buildings during the 250th anniversary

The Stamford Town Hall, erected in 1870, was completely destroyed by a raging fire on the night of Feb. 4, 1904, Flames rising high into the night sky set the spire of the neighboring Congregational Church afire, cracked plate glass windows of stores…

On Thursday, February 4th, 1904, at seven p.m., a fire of undetermined origin broke our in the old Town Hall. Despite efforts of the Stamford Fire Department and aid of fire fighting units from New Canaan, Greenwich, Port Chester and Bridgeport, the…

Atlantic Street in the early 1890's. View of the east side of Atlantic Square.

The historic Cove Mills Plant as it appeared in 1889. Built originally in 1792 by William Fitch and John W. Holly these mills ground and bolted flour for many years. Upon the death of Mr. Holly, John Sanford and Henry Sanford acquired the plant and…

The Rippowam company was organized in 1864 by George E. Waring, Isaac Wardwell, James B. Scofield and Joseph D. Warren. It was the outgrowth of a a foundary started in 1830 by Mr. Waring. In 1869 the organization became the Stamford Foundry Company…

The north side of Main Street after the blizzard, Union House and the two small frame buildings housing the restaurant of Mrs. William E. Knapp, the Tailor Shop of Samuel Lang, the meat market of Stiles C. Stevens and the "Stamford Comet" which was…

This trolley barn, built in 1886 at Liberty Place, was 90 feet wide and 125 feet long and was designed to accommodate ten cars and forty horses. The Second floor contained administrative offices and storage space. The building collapsed during a…