Historic Photos Album
This album features some of the many historic photos in the Middletown Springs Historical Society collection.
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Birdseye View of MiddletownThis 1910 village view taken from a hillside near West Street shows, in foreground, Buxton's Justamere Farm barns and houses along Buxton Avenue. Three church steeples face the green (center). Also in view are the Catholic church and Pleasant View Cemetery (left) and Copeland/Haynes barn (extreme right). The 1904 school with 12 grades appears in the middle. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Community Church on the GreenA 1920s photo shows the former Congregational church, established in 1796, and later known as the Federated church and later the Community church. In the foreground (left to right) are the Hoadley Soldiers' Monument, the flagpole and the Veterans' Roll of Honor. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Deacon Haynes with Gold-Headed CaneDeacon Alpheus Haynes was the first recipient of the Middletown Springs gold-headed cane, engraved ÒAwarded to the Oldest Person of Middletown Springs, in TrustÓ. It was presented to him on his 100th birthday in a 1907 ceremony on the town green. The tradition continues today. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Dyar Leffingwell Store AdA display ad, circa 1900, lists the general merchandise available at Dyar Leffingwell's store at 12 East St. The main building and the attached small building, which was at one time the post office, later the Town library and the Cat's Eye shop in the 1970s, survived the 1920 fire that destroyed the buildings to the west.
Julia Adams Millinery ShopJulia Adams sits with her Sunday School class on the porch of the Adams House on the Middletown Springs green, circa 1890. Behind them is a sign for her millinery shop. She and her husband Sydney, along with her in-laws, George and Edna (Stoddard) Adams, ran a boarding house and funeral parlor in the building and a 50-acre farm. Sidney was also a mail carrier and ran the Middletown and Poultney Stage. He later was a cheesemaker for one of the two cheese companies in town.
Dyar Leffingwell StoreIn 1900, Dyar Leffingwell stands in front of his general store and post office on East Street at the corner of Burdock Avenue. Dana Carpenter photograph.
Middletown Four CornersMiddletown Four Corners is the main intersection in Middletown Springs where North, South, East and West Streets meet. In a 1920s photo, across from the town green is Larrow's Arrowhead Store, which features a gasoline pump. Other buildings on East Street (left to right) are Dyer Leffingwell's store, the post office (later the Town Library), and the Larrow feed store.