Picture South Windsor - Then And Now

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — It's time to return to the pages of an amazing picture book entitled Images of America: South Windsor, compiled in 2017 by Claire Lobdell for the Wood Memorial Library & Museum. The book, containing 128 pages of fascinating photos from the town's history, is available for purchase at the library's museum store here.

Today's offering from page 46 is a bit different, as it is a photo of an etching done by Erastus W. Ellsworth, a trustee and original treasurer of the Theological Institute of Connecticut. In the mid-1930s, Ellsworth Memorial High School was named in his honor.

The etching is of a home built in 1704, on what is now 1169 Main Street. It was owned by Roger Wolcott, who later served as Connecticut's colonial governor from 1751 to 1754. The street which ran next to the house eventually became known as Governor's Highway.

Here is an interactive look at 1169 Main Street as it appears today, courtesy of Google Maps.

Do you have a photo of an old South Windsor business which no longer exists, to which you own the rights and which we could feature in this column? Email tim.jensen@patch.com.

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