All Places in Watertown

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

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 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

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

The Emma Flower Taylor Stable Murders – Double Murder By Shooting Still Unsolved The Taylor

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

Musselman’s Confectionary at the Y.M.C.A. Bldg 1922 – 1944 In December of 1923, J. Joseph

The Otis House Fire Was The Most Destructive In Watertown Since 1849 The Otis House

1991 Ice Storm Marked The Beginning Of A Memorable Decade In Northern New York From

The Wing Wagon: a Taste of Buffalo on Public Square The Wing Wagon would make

A Look at the Downtown Watertown Christmas Decorations Over the Years It’s beginning to look

H. H. Babcock Co., Makers of Fine Carriages And Automobiles In Watertown, N.Y. The H.

Lower State Street Was Once Prime Real Estate If one weren’t given the addresses of

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

The Little Sterling Street School House Becomes Grace Church The history of Grace Church that

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

Trinity Church On Court Street And Watertown’s Dark Past With Its First Burial Ground The

It’s Not Called Watertown For Nothing: The Great Flood Of 1869 The great flood of

O’Toole’s Roadhouse Restaurant at Salmon Run Mall In 1988, O’Toole’s Roadhouse Restaurant joined the Ground

Woolworth Lunch Counter, Woolworth Bldg., Public Square Somewhere in history, somebody realized that shopping makes

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

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

Stone Street Fire Station: Engine House No. 3 and Then No. 1 In hindsight, history

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

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

The New York Central Freight House Was A Game-Changer For Watertown, N.Y.  In late 1905,

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

The 1986 Gale Street Murders Haunted Community For One Long Week Before Charles Fedora Was

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

White House Inn – Once Stood Where State Office Building Is Located Though only 65

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

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

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

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

Mary Farmer’s Diabolical Murder of Sarah Brennan Called “One Of The Most Atrocious In The

Solving, and Building, A Mystery: Barney’s Place – Factory Street Anywhere there’s hard work to

E. H. Thompson Grocers Once The Oldest Grocery Store In Watertown Located in Washington Hall

Longstanding Ellingsworth’s Market becomes High Street Market in 1946 In 1946, Charles C. and Dora

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

Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern

Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern

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 Watertown Junction Rail Road YMCA, Established In 1902 The Watertown Junction dates back to

1106 Coffeen Street – Homestead For The Fisk And Later Barker Family Halfway up the

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores: Brown and Fosters c.1900 Located In The Taggart Block The Taggart

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Evans Groceries Two Watertown neighborhood grocery stores on Franklin Street

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

T. H. Merritt Motorcycle Garage, Vassar Building, State Street Watertown, NY Located at the Vassar

The Cesaro Badolato Murder On Factory Street, Watertown, N.Y. 1904 One of the early 20th-century

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 Consumers’ Brewing Company Becomes Northern Brewing Company (1892 – 1943) The Northern Brewing Company,

The Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores: Elk Horn Market Elk Horn Markets was a small chain

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

Originally Built As The Winslow Block, The Taggart Block Was Lost In A Fire Built

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

The Experimental Balloon Flights of the Mid 19th Century In Watertown, N.Y. Balloon flights in

The Sterling Book Store Was Once The Longest Operating Store In Watertown John C. Sterling,

A View To The North And East: Thompson Park Pinnacle By 1900, clearing 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.

The Knights Templar Convention brought 2,000 members to Watertown, NY (1911) Following the 1910 State

The Winthrop Flats Apartment Building, Corner of State and Winthrop Streets The Winthrop Flats was

C L Fisher Garage – 531 State Street Along with the growing popularity of the

Ward P Smith Studebaker Motor Cars, located at 556 State Street, Watertown, N.Y. In the

The J. B. Taylor Pool at Sterling Place Back before the city of Watertown debated

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Landon and Smithers One of the Watertown neighborhood grocery stores

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

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Guardino’s Grocery at 602 Franklin Street One of the Watertown

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Jim and Andy’s Grocery Coffeen Street When it comes to

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Fred Fuess Groceries According to the Watertown Daily Times, there

Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Kilburn’s – 531 W Main St Kilburn’s was a Watertown

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

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Madill’s On W Main St A fair share of the

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Aboud and Bahou on E. Main St Another Watertown neighborhood

Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Gotham St Market The Gotham St Market, shown below, had

The Fairbanks  Building, aka The Flatiron, Downtown Watertown Interestingly enough, Watertown’s Fairbanks Building preceded the

The Watertown Train Stations 1851 – 1963. The first train to pull up to a