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The year is 1916 and the first showing of the new motorized equipment of the Stamford Fire Department. Depicted seond from right in front of the old Luther Street firehouse is Chief Harry W. Parker in his Pope-Hartford runabout. Driver William…

A northwest view of Davenport Park, showing West Park Place and River Street in background. Long Called “west Park”, this plot of ground in the center of Stamford was renamed “Christopher Columbus Park” in October, 1958 by unanimous vote of the…

Formerly Known as West Park, this public area was rededicated and renamed Columbus Park in 1960 and a statue of Christopher Columbus was erected. Back in 1908 when this picture was taken, a civil war monument was in the center of the park and piles…

In August 1919 the first brick buildings erected on the east side of Atlantic Square fronting on Atlantic Street were standing. The Quintard Building erected in 1861 is at left, with the tall quasi-triangular Whitney Building completed in 1891,…

Tearing down of the steeple of the Congregational Church at Bank and Atlantic Streets.

Located in the very center of the city, Park Row has seen many changes. The high tower on the Wallman Building in the center of the photo has been taken down, the novel second story proch has disappeared and old Dobbin with his cart would be a…

This rare photograph, the seventh in a weekly series depicting Stamford scenes of long ago, shows The First Congregational Church when it was situated at the corner of Atlantic and Bank Streets. Erected in 1857, this edifice was the fifth built by…

Betsy Barnum House, built by Isaac Hoyt between 1715-1730 on Bedford St. Only pre-revolutionary house that was still standing in the center of Stamford. Acquired by the Stamford Historical Society in 1943, the house is a four-poster Colonial type.…