1825.E2.80.931902: Industrialization Downtown Waterbury Historic District

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detail of 1 of side spouts of welton fountain


waterbury s growth continued steady slow until incorporated city in 1853. 1860 population had doubled on 10,000. during period exchange place, @ junction of main east-west , north-south routes of city, established central business hub of city. greek revival buildings on blocks reflect era.


waterbury green continued develop, surrounded mix of public , private buildings, including city hall, library, , private houses. first monument, flagpole, added in 1851, joined rectilinear dirt pathways later in decade (themselves replaces witrh current curved concrete paths in 1873). in 1884, honor local veterans of civil war soldiers monument george edwin bissell, added. 4 years later, welton fountain, memorializing donor s favorite horse, joined @ opposite end of park.



an 1893 map of downtown


industry, @ first located in core, began moving larger spaces further away city expanded , grew them. merchants moved bigger buildings, such 1888 romanesque revival platt block , 1890 queen anne hanlon block on east main street. 1894 apothecaries hall, seven-story flatiron-shaped building @ bank , south main, has remained focal point of exchange place ever since.


local architects make mark on district began @ time. wilfred e. griggs first building of note, odd fellows hall on north main, rare american use of venetian gothic mode, went in 1893. first of 2 buildings design local chapters of international fraternal organizations, reflecting growing role in city s social , political life. 1889 richardsonian romanesque st. patrick s hall on east main marked rise of irish americans, not in social-service function in person of architect, joseph a. jackson, himself son of irish immigrant builder.



john kendrick house


wealthier residents built grand homes on west main street, john kendrick house, expansion of commercial district began pushing residential use out of area. houses of worship such henry c. dudley s 1873 st. john s episcopal church, , henry congden s trinity episcopal church, ten years later, followed them. in 1894 silas bronson library moved green current location on grand street, first such move of major public building.








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