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Woolworth Lunch Counter – Public Square
Woolworth Lunch Counter, Woolworth Bldg., Public Square Somewhere in history, somebody realized that shopping makes people hungry. The Woolworth lunch counter opened its first eatery...
Kingston City Hall (1844 – Present)
Kingston City Hall, Ontario, Canada, and Market Square est. 1844 The public market was established prior to the Kingston City Hall, which was constructed around...
Harold T. Wiley School (1971 – Present)
A Look Back As Harold T. Wiley School Turns The Big 5-0. Harold T. Wiley school, a school like no other Watertown had seen before...
Abraham Summer Home – 1000 Islands
Abraham Abraham Summer Home On Cherry Island Had Many Connections, Part Of Millionaires Row (1899 – Present) In 1899, the Abraham Abraham summer home on...
Public Square Christmas Shopping 1940s, 50s, 60s – Watertown NY
The 1940s and 50s Were Record-Breaking For Christmas Shopping In Watertown, NY Up until the opening of Salmon Run Mall in 1986, the majority of...
Stone Street Fire Station Engine House No. 3, then No. 1
Stone Street Fire Station: Engine House No. 3 and Then No. 1 History hasn’t been kind in hindsight to the naming of fire stations in...
Emery Castle On Calumet Island – 1,000 Islands (1894 – 1956)
Tobacco Giant Charles G. Emery Constructs Emery Castle On Calumet Island In 1882, Tobacco giant Charles G. Emery purchased what was then Powder Horn Island...
Morgia’s Restaurant – (1934 – 1978)
Morgia’s Restaurant In Watertown, NY, Corner of Cedar at W. Prospect Streets. “Watertown’s first singles bar,” the Watertown Daily Times would write of Morgia’s Restaurant...
Factory Street Fire Station No. 2 Engine House
Factory Street Fire Station No. 2, 1873 – 1988 Some interesting discrepancies arose while researching the Factory Street Fire Station, known as Engine House No....
Thompson Park Wading Pool (1901 – 1978)
The Thompson Park Wading Pool Opened In 1901 Long before the original swimming pool was constructed in 1924, there was the Thompson Park wading pool...