Tag: 1950's in Watertown

401 Mill Street, Home To J. B. Wise Co., Wilbur’s, California Brewery and Watertown Roller

Goulding, Bagley & Sewall Became Bagley & Sewall, Later Purchased By Black Clawson The origins

Edwin Paddock Mansion Becomes Jefferson County Historical Society The Paddock Mansion on Washington Street in

Is The Jefferson County Fair The Longest Consecutively Running Fair At 206 in 2023? The

George Cook And The Soldiers’ And Sailors’ Monument, Dedicated In 1891 The story behind George

H. H. Babcock Mansion Gets A Greek Revival Makeover By Anson R. Flower And Later

The History Of The Oscar Paddock Carriage House – The Finest Of Its Time The

F. W. Woolworth’s Vision Of The Woolworth Building on Public Square Was Much Different Although

From Kirby House, to Earll Hotel, Hotel Hardiman and Roosevelt Hotel, the Old Court Street

Last of The Jean’s Beans Still Going Strong At Same Location Despite Difficulties Launching In

Judge Sawyer Mansion at 141 Ten Eyck Street One of the large, old homes in

The Strand Opened in 1914 as a Modern Theater on Franklin Street Watertown, NY, would

Hillcrest Farm on Ives Street Has An Impressive History Of Ownership Hillcrest Farm on Ives

Hardiman-Woolworth Co., One of the Largest Furnishing Houses in New York State The Hardiman-Woolworth store

Carthage, Watertown & Sackets Harbor Rail Road Depot, Built in 1871, Becomes Marcy-Buck Building Before

The Carlisle At 273 Paddock Street – Named After 3rd Owner, Floyd L. Carlisle The

James F. Starbuck, Prominent Attorney, and Later State Senator, Builds Starbuck Mansion At 253 Clinton

The Crystal Restaurant On Public Square, Since 1925 In the opening of his review of

Watertown Chamber of Commerce Lures Shaughnessy Knitting Mill To City in 1909 According to a

Many Prominent Owners Of The Old O’Brien House At 216 Keyes Ave Over The Years

Micah Sterling Builds Sterling Mansion, Later Becomes Home To Holy Family School Sterling Mansion would

Anson R. And Roswell P. Flower Erect A New Trinity Church On Sherman Street With

Hamilton Street School Built In 1899 To Relieve Overcrowding At Lamon Street School In April

Emma Flower Taylor Residence 224 S Massey St Built After Divorce From J. B. Taylor

The Dutch Elm Disease Forever Changed the Landscape of Washington Street Ice Storms and a microburst.

A&W Drive-In, 728 Bradley Street “Come As You Are – Eat In Your Car!” Who

The Florentine D. Roth Mansion Becomes Home to Sisters of St. Joseph’s Music Conservatory The

Streeter Block Become J B Wise Block, Home to the Victoria Theater The Streeter Block

Union and Jefferson Mills Were Two of the Old Mill Street Mills from the 1800s

Starbuck Arena Saw The Birth of “Sugar” Ray Robinson On January 4, 1939 On January

The Thompson Park Zoo: A Look Back At The Turning Point Toward Natural Habitation In

Taggart Paper Mill Had Served Many Purposes Over The Years, Destroyed By Fire In 1972

House of the Good Samaritan, often referred to as City Hospital in its early years,

Gorri’s Market: First a Grocery Store, Then Resurrected as a Meat Market If Gorri’s Market

The 1940s and 50s Were Record-Breaking For Christmas Shopping In Watertown, NY Up until the

Factory Street Fire Station No. 2, 1873 – 1988 Some interesting discrepancies arose while researching

The Watertown Bowl And Its Many Clubs Over The Years (1959 – 1996) In late

Keep, Flower Families Help To Build Henry Keep Home For The Aged The Henry Keep

The Flower Memorial Library: A Gift From Emma Flower Taylor To The City Of Watertown,

Brookside Cemetery, One Of New York’s Most Compelling Cemeteries Brookside Cemetery, a short distance to

New York Air Brake WW1 Efforts Leads To Construction Of Lansingdorp World War 1 had

New York Central Coal Trestle In The Pine Street Rail Road Yard, Built In 1919

The Watertown Engine Terminal And Roundhouse At Pine Street Rail Yard Construction on the new

Anthony Marra’s Grocery Store, 300 South Meadow Street at Cross Street Marra’s grocery store, started

South Junior High School, the First School Built On the Washington Street Campus, Eventually Became

North Junior High School: A Result Of The 1924 Columbia University Study, Eventually Becomes North

The Second Time Around, There Was Arsenal Street High School… The predecessor to the school

Actually, The 2nd 3rd Arsenal Street School To Occupy The Same Location Completed in 1916, the

The Academy Street Schools: Same Old Story As City’s Other Public Schools The original Academy

Two Different Boon Street Schools, With Lots Of Additions Over The Years The first Boon

Watertown’s North Side Growth Spurs The Construction Of A New Pearl Street School In 1888

Immaculate Heart Academy (IHA) On West Main Street, Watertown, N.Y. By its opening in 1884,

The Mead Street Schools: Desperate Needed To No Longer Needed At All. The first Mead

The Lansing Street School: Eventual First Home To Jefferson Community College Constructed in 1904, the

Three Different Schoolhouses Bore The Name Cooper Street School.  Oops, Better Make That Four. It’s

Saved By The Bell: The Old Mullin Street School The original Mullin Street School was

The Cleveland Building On Arcade St Was Originally The City’s First Post Office… On Arsenal

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Renzi Grocery E Main Street One of the longest-operating Watertown

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Bajally’s Was First Purpuro’s Before Bajally’s was a staple on

The Original Thompson Park Pool Was Built In 1924 And Was One Of Three City

The Burrville Cider Mill, More Than Just A Local Haunt… Located just outside Watertown, between

All Souls Universalist Church on Washington Street The All Souls Universalist Church, which took several

The Arsenal Street Bridges – 1901 to Present. Unlike the Court, Mill, Vanduzee, Eastern Blvd, and

The Public Square Water Fountain, AKA “Cory’s Punch Bowl” The Public Square water fountain in

State Street Grammar School Replaces Former Watertown High School On State & Mechanic Streets Construction

Was this really the first Watertown train depot?  And it’s still there?! Constructed in 1851,

The Jefferson County Jail at 300 Coffeen Street, 1910 – 1993 Built in an era

St. Patrick’s Children’s Home at 201 Coffeen St, Watertown, N.Y. The history of St. Patrick’s

Honk Your Horn For The Arch Street Tunnel! The Arch Street tunnel was constructed sometime

Henry Barr, A Former Slave From Kentucky, Builds Barr Block On Court Street In 1895

The Kaiser Block, Home To The Green Lantern Restaurant Located on lower Court Street, some

The Crowner House, Another Otis Wheelock Creation In Watertown, N.Y. One individual who had his

Montgomery Ward at 231 Court Street, Watertown N.Y. The Montgomery Ward & Co. was a

The Liberty Theater on Court Street The Liberty Theater was located on the corner of

The Flower Building on the corner of Arcade and Arsenal Streets Constructed on the corner

Just like its predecessor, the second Watertown Post Office outgrows its space too soon The

The First Watertown Post Office Was Completed In 1892 The first Watertown Post Office would

The Old Jefferson County Courthouse On Arsenal Street  – Still There! Completed in 1862, the

The Old Jefferson County Office Building Made Of Stone The new county office building in

House of the Woodruffs becomes former Governor Flower Mansion The former Governor Flower mansion once

The Little Book Shop On Arsenal Street, Watertown NY For all but the Little Book

Arsenal Street Fire Station No. 1 (1908 – 1992) The Arsenal Street fire station would

From Ann’s Stand To Ann’s Restaurant: 67 . . . or 69 Years of Tradition.

The Remington Mansion (Later The Remington Institute) One of the old, glorious mansions of Watertown

The Town Theatre Once Was Wonderland, Then The Palace Theatre Constructed in 1907, The Electric

Boys’ and Men’s Specialty Shop Opens On Arsenal St Ira Pellman, proprietor of the Boys’

5th Ward School Officially Becomes Sherman Street School Back in the 1920s, before the Sherman

Watertown, New York’s Armory On Arsenal Street The State Armory on Arsenal Street, built in

Mohican Originally Known As The Smith Building Construction on the Mohican Building, originally known as

The KarmelKorn Shoppe Comes To The Paddock Arcade The KarmelKorn Shoppe is actually a national

The Brown Shanty’s Original Name: Wade’s Barbecue, Then Moran’s Barbecue For its first year of

John Adams Pool, aka North Side Pool/North Junior Pool The John Adams pool was originally

Sacred Heart Church Dedicated May 31, 1906 The early 1900s were a period in which

Hotel Woodruff, Another Otis Wheelock Creation Post 1849 Great Fire Built by one of Watertown’s

The City Opera House Brings Big-Time Entertainment To Watertown, NY. The City Opera House, later

The Business Of Beebee Island Par Super Market 233 Mill St., Eames Vacuum Brake and

The Olympic Theater: largest seating capacity in Northern New York Opening on June 4th, 1917,

The Jefferson County Savings Bank Building The Jefferson County Savings Bank building, later known as