Tag: 1970's in Watertown

The Chimes Cafe Was Located On Franklin Street For Just Shy of 50 Years In

Shaughnessy Knitting Mill Weaves A Spin-Off: Olga Knitting Mills Located In Factory Square Olga Knitting

Big Box Retail Pioneer Robert Hall Clothing Store Opens In Watertown, NY, In 1960 Long

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

The Twelve Year Battle To Build A New Watertown High School On Washington Street Efforts

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

Kite Day and Country Jamboree Drew Thousands To Thompson Park In The 70s & 80s

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

Paddock Arcade, First Glass-Covered Street In The United States Long before it was home to

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

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

The Fairgrounds Pool, Later Renamed Steve D. Alteri Pool, And A Strange Case Of Déjà

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

The Strand Opens 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

After 37 Years, Partridge Berry Inn Rekindles Anew By The Fireside The Partridge Berry Inn

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

Woolworth Relocating To 146 Arsenal Street – The Urban Renewal’s “Success” Story When the city

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

The Hungerford Mansion Will Be 200 Years Old In 2025 Orville Hungerford would have the

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

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

Benny’s Steak House Had Three Different Locations Before Closing In 2006 Benny’s Steak House was

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

Giovanni’s: A Terrific Trattoria on LeRay Street Giovanni’s would first open in the late 1960s

Johnston and Hudson Residence Erected by William Johnston in 1895 at 246 S Massey St,

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 Lincoln Restaurant and Aldimar Restaurant Nearly 30 years on Public Square in the Lincoln

A Look at the History of the Black River Valley Club (BRVC) Building The Black

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

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

Woolworth Lunch Counter, Woolworth Bldg., Public Square Somewhere in the annals of history, somebody realized

A Look Back As Harold T. Wiley School Turns The Big 5-0. Harold T. Wiley

Morgia’s Restaurant In Watertown, NY, Corner of Cedar at W. Prospect Streets. “Watertown’s first singles

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

The Thompson Park Wading Pool Opened In 1901 Long before the original swimming pool was

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

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

Emma Flower Taylor Mansion – A Wedding Gift From Father To Daughter The story of

Sears Finally Gets A Home On Arsenal Street In 1948 Until its recent closing at

Howard Johnson On Arsenal Street (1962 – 1989) Howard Johnson’s popularity in its 96-year existence

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

Long-Running Music Box Restaurant Moves To New Cedar Square, Eventually Becomes Home To Golden Lion

The Sugar Bowl: A Long-Standing Fixture on Public Square… And Canton, N.Y.? The first mention

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

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

Old Car Barn At 780 W Main Street Has Been Home To Many Things Over

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

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

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

A View To The North And East: Thompson Park Pinnacle By 1900, work had already

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

The Thompson Park Circle: Entrance to the Park Early in its design phase, John C.

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 Cheese Store, Part of the Jefferson Bulk Milk Cooperative Opening its doors in 1974, The

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

All Souls Universalist Church on Washington Street Taking several years to build, the All Souls

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

The Mill Street Bridges of Watertown, N.Y Note: Mill Street does, in fact, have two

Governor Roswell P. Flower Monument, An Augustus Saint-Gaudens Work Of Art Commissioned for $25,000 in 1900,

The current First Baptist Church is actually the third church to sit on the corner

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

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 American Hotel on the corner of Arsenal and Arcade Streets Constructed in 1851 after

Prior to the Salmon Run Mall, JCPenney on Arsenal Street was part of a bustling downtown

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

St. Patrick’s School, Arsenal Street Watertown, N.Y. Back in 1922, two parochial schools, St. Patrick’s

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

The Court Street Bridges of Watertown, NY It’s said that the quickest way between two

From Ann’s Stand To Ann’s Restaurant: 67 Years of Tradition. Ann’s Restaurant, originally known as

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 1920’s before the Sherman

Masonic Temple Began Construction in 1914 In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Masonic temples

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

Hyman G. Ellis And The Globe Store The Globe Store’s history began after the arrival

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