Box 19
Contains 19 Results:
West Street site of #74
Photographs of the Litchfield Club in 1894 and later photographs including Community Playhouse
West Street site of #74 (rear)
Two photographs of the Litchfield Lawn Club grounds behind the Club House building. One shows the tennis courts with spectators watching a match, and the other tents set up beside the tennis courts with some sort of event.
West Street #82
Built in 1786 by Amos Galpin, it was later owned by Jesse L. Judd; and Alexander & Stella Van Laer. Mrs. Van Laer called in Laercourt Lodge, an elegant small hotel in 1915 until the 1930s. Photographs before and after renovations by the Van Laers.
West Street #86
George Elmore built this house in 1901. In 1936 T. Lynne Barber converted it into a 2 family house. The photograph was taken about 1920.
West Street site of #125
Built as the Hawkhurst Hotel, the name was later changed to the Berkshire Hotel or Hotel Berkshire. At some time it was referred to as Lake View Hotel. It was torn down in 1919 to make way for Center School.
West Street site of #294
A small black & white photograph of Elmridge/Elm Ridge. Some of the owners of this house included Jedediah Strong; Mrs. E.A. McNeill; and Rev. Dr. Randolph Ray (1927). The elms were planted by Lyman Smith before the Civil War. The house was torn down to make way for Litchfield Savings Bank, now Litchfield BanCorp.
West Street #294
Photographs of a stone milestone, erected by Jedediah Strong in 1787. At that time it would have stood in front of Strong's house. Now in front of Litchfield BanCorp.
West Street site at corner of Milton Road
Photographs of the house owned by Colonel Albert E. Lamb. By 1946 it was the Westleigh Inn; in 1973 GIldersleeves; and in 1976 the Meeting House Inn. It burned down in the early 1980s. Hack and Eraclito owned it when it was the Westleigh Inn. Now the site of Westleigh Condominiums.