tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post6616557157176466416..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: From 1813: Washington HotelMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-84385092870549730022013-09-02T09:43:42.045-04:002013-09-02T09:43:42.045-04:00Jane Brawerman writes:
I was able to find a second...Jane Brawerman writes:<br />I was able to find a secondhand reference to the Washington Hotel here, http://dunhamwilcox.net/town_hist/middletown_history5.htm: <br />"The stated communications of the lodge were held subsequently at the house of Mrs. Ashabel SHALER, mother of Nathaniel SHALER, in the old frame building (still standing) just below the Episcopal church, on Main street. Early in Stephen H. Devotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374269026354108582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-84900051012586079422013-09-01T09:32:07.176-04:002013-09-01T09:32:07.176-04:00From:The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885
J. ...From:The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885<br />J. H. Beers & Co., 36 Vesey Street, New York<br />1884: In 1810, a woollen mill was established on Washington street by the Middletown Manufacturing Company....This was one of the first, if not the first manufactory that ever used steam as a motive power, in this country.... The building was fitted up with a 25-horse power engine, and wood Bob Reutenauernoreply@blogger.com