Picture Enfield - Then and Now

ENFIELD, CT — Today's installment of this weekly Enfield history series, courtesy of the Facebook group Picture Enfield, features the original Route 5 location of McDonald's, at 385 Enfield Street.

The Ray Kroc-founded fast food chain operated at this location, between Dairy Queen and Colonial Camera, until the 1990s, when the former Abdow's Big Boy restaurant, just under a mile away at 34 Enfield Street, was torn down and replaced with a new McDonald's. The old building was purchased in 2006 by the Hamilton Sundstrand Federal Credit Union (now 360 Federal Credit Union), and a new structure was built which opened in 2007, according to Enfield land records.

Here is a photo of the building as it appears today.

Last week's trivia answer:
Last week's Enfield trivia question was, "Walter Skower had one of the longest tenures as a police chief in Connecticut history, leading the Enfield Police Department from 1958 to 1990. Who succeeded him as chief?" The answer: Herbert Foy, who served as chief until his retirement in 1994. He was in turn succeeded by Ronald Marcotte, then Carl Sferrazza, and currently Alaric Fox.

This week's trivia question:
Bradlee's department store and Stop & Shop supermarket used to share a building. Where was it located? Post the answer in the comments section below, or on the Enfield Patch Facebook page.

Do you have an old photo of Enfield you would like featured in this column? Email it, with a description, to tim.jensen@patch.com.

Photo credits: McDonald's courtesy of Picture Enfield; 360 Federal Credit Union courtesy of Enfield Town Assessor; Herb Foy courtesy of Enfield Police Department

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