Community Corner
Picture East Windsor - Then And Now
An old photograph and brief story from East Windsor's past, and how that site appears today.
EAST WINDSOR, CT — Today's edition of this periodic informal history series, highlighting buildings from East Windsor's past and what those locations look like today, brings us back to a great picture book called Images of America: East Windsor. Released in 2017, the book was compiled by Ceil Donahue and Jessica Bottomley for the East Windsor Historical Society.
On page 96, we encounter a farmhouse built in 1790 by Revolutionary War veteran Capt. Samuel Stiles at 169 Melrose Rd. In 1937, the house became home to the Melrose Post Office, and served in that capacity for 31 years.
The structure looks virtually the same today, as evidenced by this photo taken by yours truly around 3 o'clock this afternoon.
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