Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Title

Downtown Wakefield, Main Street, circa 1890s

Description

"The building at the right of the picture, built in 1875 by Joseph Connell and Thomas Curley, was actually two separate but adjoining buildings, one owned by Asa Boothby, the other owned by the estate of Thomas Curley. In 1903, William T. Curley and his brother, Leo purchased the building, known as the Connell-Curley Block for $9,000. The block, on of the town's largest, was torn down in 1939 to make room for a 'modern' one-story building which was completed in 1940. The occupants at that time were Smith's Drug Store, Cubby Hole Gift Shop and Crystal Fruit Exchange. The buildings to the left were also replaced in the early 1940s by a modern, brick building which housed the Atlantic and Pacific chain store, Russell's Electric Shop, Friends Bakery, and Nagle's Drug Store." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.

Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2001

Photo courtesy of Bourdon Studios.

Contributor

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

D'Onofrio, Jayne M.

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield

Date

ca. 1890-1899

Format

image/jpeg

Publisher

Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Subject

Boothby, Asa

Curley, Leo

Connell, Joseph

Curley, Thomas

Connell-Curley Block (Wakefield, Mass.)

Smith's Drug Store (Wakefield, Mass.)

Cubby Hole Gift Shop (Wakefield, Mass.)

Crystal Fruit Exchange (Wakefield, Mass.)

Friends Bakery (Wakefield, Mass.)

Nagle's Drug Store (Wakefield, Mass.)

Russell Electric Shop (Wakefield, Mass.)

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company

Commercial buildings

Type

still image

Photographs

Original Format

1 picture : b&w

Extent

19 x 30 cm.