Picture East Windsor - Then And Now

EAST WINDSOR, CT — This 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 71 is a shot from 1890 of the John Middleton & Sons Groceries & Provisions store at 96 Main Street in Broad Brook. The large Colonial structure was built in 1885, and featured apartments on the upper floors over the first-floor retail shop. John Middleton is shown standing to the right of the doorway. The business closed in 1907.

On two occasions, Middleton served as a state representative. His son Howard was later state Senator for the Seventh District.

The building is now a 4-family residence, and is shown below in more recent times, courtesy of Google Maps.

Do you have a photo of an old East Windsor 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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