Picture South Windsor - Then And Now

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — Today we return to the pages of an amazing picture book entitled Images of America: South Windsor, compiled in 2017 by Claire Lobdell for the Wood Memorial Library & Museum. The book, containing 128 pages of fascinating photos from the town's history, is available for purchase at the library's museum store here.

On page 119 is a 1902 photo of a home which still stands today at 479 Pleasant Valley Road. It was owned by Mary Webber Church and Hollis Gardiner Church, former owners of the Pleasant Valley Paper Mill, which was destroyed in the 180s by a fire and dam failure. The house remains, but the barn has long since been demolished.

Here is a more contemporary view of the property, courtesy of Google Maps.

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

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