Picture Ellington - Then And Now

ELLINGTON, CT — For today's foray into Ellington history, highlighting businesses from the town's past and what those locations look like today, we return to a fascinating picture book entitled Images of America: Ellington. The book, compiled by Lynn Kloter Fahy for the Ellington Historical Society, was first published in 2005, and contains 128 pages of amazing photos and stories of the small town formerly known as "the Great Marsh."

This 2-story Colonial building on Maple Street, next to the Church of Saint Luke, was constructed in 1791, and was used as a tavern for many years. Among the names it bore over the past two centuries were the Holton Tavern, Pember's Inn and the Fenlow Dow House.

The building is currently used as an apartment house. Here is a more contemporary look at the relatively unchanged exterior, courtesy of Google Maps.

Do you have a photo of an old Ellington business which no longer exists, to which you own the copyright and which we could feature in this column? Email tim.jensen@patch.com.

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