Picture Ellington - Then And Now

ELLINGTON, CT — It's time for another journey back in time, as 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." It may be purchased from the Nellie McKnight Museum store here.

On page 48 is an undated photo of a Gothic Revival house at 100 Main Street. Built in 1876 by J. Henry McCray, the home contains 2,537 square feet of living area. Morton Thompson and his family lived there for a half-century beginning in 1908, and Annie Thompson handed out sugar cookies to the neighborhood children.

The house is still used as a private residence today. Here is a more contemporary photo, courtesy of the Ellington assessor's office.

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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