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On the 6th of that month the Boston & Northern Tele- phone company of Salem, Mass., which was the predecessor of the present New England Telephone & Telegraph com- pany acting under the Bell Telephone company, made a contract with L. S. Hayes of Bellows Falls to develop the business in a large surrounding territory and build exchanges at various points. This contract was in force until June 1, 1883, when the Boston & Northern com-
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pany purchased it of Mr. Hayes, the purchase including the Saxtons River company. During these fourteen months one hundred and fifteen miles of outside lines were erected, con- necting Bellows Falls with thirty other villages. The first switch-board was in the small office room in the rear part of what is now the Corner Drug store, and was tended by the drug clerk. When the change of ownership occurred, June 1, 1883, there were eighty-three subscribers to the Bellows Falls exchange with no employees who did not have other duties perform.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE VILLAGE OF BELLOWS FALLS
The falls in the Connecticut river at the southeast corner of the town, where is now located the largest village in Rock- ingham, were early given the name "Great Falls," and were so known for some years after the first settlement of the town in 1753. The first settlement in the town, was at, or near, the present site of Rockingham village. A few years later when a small number of dwellings appeared upon the banks of the Connecticut near the falls, it naturally took the same name and was known as "Great Falls." At some time previous to 1791, when the first charter was granted for building the dam and canal at this point, the name had been by common consent made " Bellows Falls," both as designa- ting the falls in the river and the village which was growing up near them.
The name chosen was in honor of the most prominent citizen of this whole section of New England, Col. Benjamin Bellows, "the founder of Walpole," who was instrumental in procuring the charter of Rockingham; who owned large tracts of land in these towns and many others in the vicinity : and who wielded the largest influence of any one man in the Connecticut valley. He resided in Walpole two miles south of the falls, on the farm now owned by Copley Amory, and there he early had a fort for the protection of the settlers from the murderous attack of the Indians. He largely shaped the policy of government of the two towns and was prominent in all their public affairs, as were his descendants for a number of generations, and are still so in Walpole.
The family name of Bellows was derived from the French "words "Belle Eau," meaning "Beautiful Water," and thus the name chosen had a double significance, as, in early days the falls of the Connecticut at this point were considered the
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most romantic and awe-inspiring of any water-fall then known on this continent.
Until the year 1792, when the building of the Bellows Falls canal was commenced, there were probably not more than a half dozen houses within the limits of what is now the corporation of the village of Bellows Falls. These dwellings were principally occupied by those who made a business of fishing in the Connecticut, and of carting freight past the falls between the "lower " and "upper" landings, from the boats that plied up and down the river.
The building of the canal, which occupied ten years, gave a new impetus to the settlement, but for many years it was not as large a village as that at Rockingham center. The first school was established in the spring of 1800. From this time the growth appears to have been steady, keeping pace with the development of the navigation of the river, until the first movement looking toward securing a village charter was made in 1831.
It has been possible to ascertain the number of buildings, and their locations, in Bellows Falls and North Walpole in the year 1824 as shown by a map made of the village in August of that year by L. Baldwin then a prominent civil engineer. The map was made under direction of the Bellows Falls Canal company. It has also been possible to locate with much accuracy what the buildings were occupied for, and by whom. The numbers upon the following list have been added to the map recently and are given for identifica- tion. The original map was eighteen by twenty-six inches. The total number of buildings in both villages at that date was less than sixty, a number which has probably been exceeded by new buildings erected in a single season many times in recent years.
No. o-A two-story frame dwelling, not shown by the map, stood where the south corner of Atkinson and Wells streets now is. It was then occupied by Henry A. Green, father of the late Edward H. Green. In it Edward H. was born in 1821. In later years it was owned and occupied by Dr. John H. Wells the first druggist of Bellows Falls, a practicing physician and the third postmaster of the village. The dwelling was known as the "Old Yellow
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most romantic and awe-inspiring of any water-fall then known on this continent.
Until the year 1792, when the building of the Bellows Falls canal was commenced, there were probably not more than a half dozen houses within the limits of what is now the corporation of the village of Bellows Falls. These dwellings were principally occupied by those who made a business of fishing in the Connecticut, and of carting freight past the falls between the "lower " and "upper" landings, from the boats that plied up and down the river.
The building of the canal, which occupied ten years, gave a new impetus to the settlement, but for many years it was not as large a village as that at Rockingham center. The first school was established in the spring of 1800. From this time the growth appears to have been steady, keeping pace with the development of the navigation of the river, until the first movement looking toward securing a village charter was made in 1831.
It has been possible to ascertain the number of buildings, and their locations, in Bellows Falls and North Walpole in the year 1824 as shown by a map made of the village in August of that year by L. Baldwin then a prominent civil engineer. The map was made under direction of the Bellows Falls Canal company. It has also been possible to locate with much accuracy what the buildings were occupied for, and by whom. The numbers upon the following list have been added to the map recently and are given for identifica- tion. The original map was eighteen by twenty-six inches. The total number of buildings in both villages at that date was less than sixty, a number which has probably been exceeded by new buildings erected in a single season many times in recent years.
No. o-A two-story frame dwelling, not shown by the map, stood where the south corner of Atkinson and Wells streets now is. It was then occupied by Henry A. Green, father of the late Edward H. Green. In it Edward H. was born in 1821. In later years it was owned and occupied by Dr. John H. Wells the first druggist of Bellows Falls, a practicing physician and the third postmaster of the village. The dwelling was known as the "Old Yellow
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House" and is still standing, having been moved directly back to the base of Oak hill, on Wells street. It is now owned by John E. Brosnahan and occu- pied by tenants.
No. 1-The farm buildings of the late James B. Morgan, still standing at the north end of Rockingham street and occupied by his descendants. The dwelling was built in 1814 by the widow of Quartus Morgan, grandmother of its present occupants. This is the only house in Bellows Falls occupied continuously by different generations of the same family since that early date.
No. 2-The old blacksmith shop of John Rogers on the west side of Rockingham street, about where the present blacksmith shop is. Mr. Rogers owned this shop previous to his doing business on the south side of Bridge street.
No. 3-Known in early years as the "Shipman house," more recently the "Hubbard house," on the east side of Rockingham street, now owned by Mrs. J. T. Keefe. It was then occupied by Abraham Shipman.
No. 4-A dwelling known for many years as the "Guild place." Occu- pied in 1824 by the grandparents of George O. Guild. It stood where May- nard block now does.
No. 5 .- The old "Morgan Tavern," described in Chapter XXVI., now "Frost block," on the west side of Rockingham street.
No. 6-A small one-story dwelling owned in later years by I1. H. Baxter. It stood on the present location of the village building.
No. 7-The frame building on Rockingham street known at the present time as "Farr's block." It was originally a one-story building known as "Cutler's Row." J. G. Wightman in the winter of 1853-4 added the second story in which was a large hall, that was for several years the principal pub- lic hall of the village. In making this addition, a staging fell the three stor- ies on the Canal street side, carrying Mr. Wightman and four men with it. Mr. Wightman and one man were injured so severely that they never fully recovered. Mr. Wightinan kept a grocery store first in the basement on Canal street, later in the first story on Rockingham street.
No. 8-The building later known as the "Dr. John H. Wells block." It was a small two-story building standing at the head of the Square. About 1890 this was rebuilt into the present three-story block on the same location. In this building was located the Bellows Falls post office from 1830 to 1841.
No. 9-A two-story frame store building standing near where the center of Union block now does. It was occupied in 1824 by Hall & Green's gen- eral store in the first story, and storage in the second.
No. to-Robertson's Tavern. A frame hotel erected in 1817, described in Chapter XXVI.
No. 11-The hotel shed.
No. 12-The hotel barn.
No. 13-A small two-story dwelling on the south side of Bridge street, occupied by a watchmaker named William Lowell who had a shop in one corner. He made a specialty of gold beads, and later became a noted pike fisherman. He had two daughters, Elmira and Parmelia, noted as good dancers.
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No. 14-The general store of the " Company for Rendering Connecticut River Navigable by Bellows Falls " in later years " Bellows Falls Canal Co." In 1832, when Mammoth block was erected, on its site, this building was moved across the Square and became the ell to the two-story brick " Pettes block " which was torn down in 1899, to make room for the two-story brick block at present occupied by Goodnow Bros. & Pearson on the west side of the Square.
No. 15-A two-story dwelling until recent years adjacent to the south side of Mammoth block, behind Fenton's clothing store. This was occupied as early as 1804 by Samuel Guild, grandfather of George O. Guild.
No. 16-A one-story dwelling immediately south of No. 15, occupied at one time in recent years by Andrews' marble shop. It was torn down three or four years since. It was also occupied for about thirty years by Franklin Henry's book bindery.
No. 17-The Canal company's office. It stood on the brow of the hill overlooking the canal and there boatmen and raftsmen paid all tolls during the time the river was used for navigation. In this building was located the first post office of Bellows Falls, kept by Dr. William Page who was agent for the Canal company.
No. 18-Probably a small shed or barn.
No. 19-An old saw-mill owned by the Canal company, burned in a contlagration of four buildings in 1850, and soon rebuilt. This latter mill was taken down in 1871 to make room for paper-mills. Up stairs was located the old-fashioned up and down mill for sawing logs ; down stairs, the wood- working shop of Solomon Snow ; later owned by Lucius Harlow.
No. 20-A second saw-mill of the Canal company, called the " Big Mill" because it had a larger saw and was capacitated for larger logs than No. 19. The logs for both were drawn from a small pond in the canal, west of the mill.
No. 21-Carding shop for carding the home-made rolls spun by the housewives of early years.
No. 213-A small tenement building.
No. 22-A mill for making linseed oil from flax seed. The manufacture is described in a later chapter.
No. 23-The paper mill of Bill Blake & Co. On this site was erected by Bill Blake, in 1802, the first paper-mill in Vermont. It was destroyed by fire within a few years and at once rebuilt, the latter building being the one shown by the map. It was sold in 1824 to James I. Cutler & Co. and in 1834 to Green & Fleming who owned it when it was burned July 12, 1846. On this site was built the first pulp-mill in Bellows Falls in 1869.
No. 24-It is uncertain whether this was a building used in connection with the paper-mill, No. 23, or whether it was the first dwelling of Bill Blake. Tradition places a dwelling here, with a garden and orchard in the rear across the mill race-way on the island. It was built by Bill Blake.
No. 25 " a"-A frame dwelling owned and occupied by Dr. William Page during his residence here from 1798 to about 1810. Later occupied by ten- ants.
No. 26 " b"-A barn in connection with No. 25.
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Nos. 27, 28, 29-Three large houses built by Capt. Bill Blake, about the size and style of the old Morgan homestead. Capt. Blake lived in one for a time and rented the others. They stood between the present grist-mill and the railroad, a little south of the former. They were known for many years as " King George's Row."
No. 30-A two-story frame building where the present Corner Drug store is, the first story occupied by James I. Cutler & Co., as a book-store and bindery.
No. 31-A two-story frame building occupied by John Sawtelle. He had his cooper shop on the first floor, opening on Mill street, and lived in the second story with a door on Westminster street. The building stood where Barry's block now does.
No. 32-The village school-house, standing on the present site of the brick block built by Sanford Granger. It was a square building, with two rooms on its one floor, and with a peaked roof. After the erection of a brick school-house at the corner of School and Cherry streets, this building was used as a tenement house. At one time it was occupied by a noted Demo- crat named Hiram Graves.
No. 33-Probably a temporary building.
No. 34-Probably a temporary building.
No. 35-" Cutler's Row," a long frame building standing where the Allbee block now does. It had three divisions which were sometimes occupied for dwellings, sometimes for stores. In later years "Bob" Luck had his ship-carpenter's shop in one division, where he built boats. "Aunt Tabby " Ripley lived in one section at one time.
No. 36-Mrs. Hetty Green's present residence on Church street built in 1806 by Capt. William Hall, then a member of the mercantile firm of Hall & Green. It was later occupied by Nathaniel Tucker, who owned the toll bridge.
No. 37-The present Williams' homestead, on the corner of Henry and Westminster streets, known in 1824 as the Atkinson house. It had been for some years the home of John Atkinson, the originator of the canal, who died there in 1823. This dwelling was occupied later by Col. Alexander Fleming, for forty-seven years the agent of the Canal Co.
No. 38-The "Conant House" that stood where Wyman Flint's residence now does. The building is the same now standing on the northwest corner of Atkinson and Saxtons River streets, and is occupied by Underhill's grocery store and several tenements. In 1824 it was occupied by Col. Alexander Fleming as a residence.
No. 39-The old farmhouse of Solomon Hapgood which stood on the present site of Francis G. Flint's residence on the corner of Westminster and Hapgood streets.
No. 40- Hapgood's farm wagon house.
No. 41 -Hapgood's blacksmith shop.
No. 42-A small frame dwelling on Westminster street just south of Saxtons River street on the lawn in front of James H. Williams' present resi- dence. It was occupied in early years by Simon Pettes and later by Capt. Theodore Griswold.
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No. 43-A barn connected with the Capt. William Hall residence, stand- ing nearly where the Congregational church now does.
No. 44-The first Immanuel church building standing about thirty feet south of the present church. It was the only church building in the village until 1836.
No. 45-Rector Carlton Chase's residence. It stood where the Island llouse now does and was built by Dr. Samuel Cutler, father of Mrs. Chase.
No. 46-Unidentified.
No. 47-The dwelling of the toll gatherers and the office building of the toll bridge. These buildings were rebuilt at the same time as the toll bridge in 1840.
No. 48-The old "Tucker Mansion " at the east end of the toll bridge, described in Chapter XVIII.
No. 49-Unidentified.
No. 50-Barns connected with the Tucker mansion.
No. 51-A dwelling erected for the coachman of the occupants of the Tucker mansion.
No. 52-Farm buildings of Levi Chapin, Jr.
Another map of the village shown on page 349 was made from a map in the Windham County Atlas, published in 1869 by Beers, Ellis & Soule. This map is of particular import- ance as during that year a portion of the water-power passed into the hands of those who at once began to develop it systematically, and then began the growth of the village as an important manufacturing centre. It will be seen that the number of buildings had increased from about sixty in 1824 to about two hundred and twenty-five in 1869. The population of the village at that time as shown by the census records printed elsewhere was not far from twelve hundred, and this number increased to over twenty-two hundred during the following ten years.
In locating the owners or occupants of the buildings by the following list the numbers correspond with those given upon the map. Just north of the limits of the map stood the old Morgan homestead, as at the present time. The first eight numbers were small dwellings on land owned by the Rutland railroad, in the locality for many years designated as "The Patch," and occupied largely by employees of the road. The last of these disappeared about 1902. Another dwelling stood just north of No. I, occupied at the time by J. McCarty.
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1. J. Sullivan.
2. P. Hubbard.
3. P. Griffin. 38. J. Bustead.
71. Elbridge Hapgood
72. Albert Derby.
73. Thomas C. Ball.
74. S. Sanders.
7. R. R. Co.
8. J. McCarty.
9. Elias Olcott.
10. B. F. Canal Co. The "Old Yellow
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11. J. H. Webb.
12. Miss Esther Butter- field. A small building in the rear occupied for soap manufac-
tory.
13. William Stone's car- penter shop (horse power. )
14. George Slate.
15. C. D. Tarbell.
16. G. F. Moseley.
17. A. G. Kilburn.
18. Ezra Cook.
19. Martin Cain.
20. (). L. Perham.
21. Levi Allen and D. Stearns, both R. R. men.
22. Henry Wells.
23. Jeremiah Leach.
24. S. E. Baird.
25. H. W. Hutchins. 26. Miss E. B. Richard- son
27. Oric Prouty.
28. Mrs. Sarah Holden.
29. George Goodenough. 63. S. F. Merrill.
30. Elisha P. Reed.
31. Elisha P. Reed.
32. John McMahan.
33. Thomas McGreen. 34. J. F. Saker. 35. A. J. Darling.
36. Esther Butterfield. 69. John Corbally.
37. Bartholomew Rady.
39. William Stone.
5. Mrs. Keefe. 40. C. B. Eddy.
6. J. Brown.
41. Freeman Wallace.
42. William Stone, occu- 75. Capt. Walter Taylor. pied by George: 76. Leander Amadon. Griswold.
77. John Billing.
78. Norman H. Farr.
79. Dr. Samuel Nichols.
So. M. C. Ladd.
81. George Underwood. 82. G. E. Cobb.
83. William Nutting.
84. William Nutting.
85. L. L. Bennett.
Miss Kate Hughes. 86. F. M. Willson.
49. William H. John- 87. Wyman Flint. son.
50. William Stone.
51. M. M. Whitney.
52. Dr. S. M. Blake.
53. James Diggins.
54. Methodist Parson- age.
55. A. S. Clark. 56. Daniel K. Barry.
57. W. S. Myers "Squire Hall" house, unnum- bered, corner of
89. Jabez Hills. 90. James HI. Williams. 91. Col. Russell IIyde.
92. Mrs. Nathaniel Tucker.
93. Hiram Newcomb.
94. W. S. Stuart.
95. II. W. Gates. 96. Lyman Hapgood. 97. Marshall Wardner. 98. Oscar D. Gray.
School and Atkin- 99. 11. H. Stone.
son streets, occu- 100. Mrs. Ann Green. pied by Edw. P. 101. "Nigger" Smith. Kidder.
102. Mrs. Driscoll.
103. J. H. Griswold.
104. George (). Guild. 105. Horace Stone.
106. Mrs. Ann Green.
107. William Conant.
108. Edward A. Green. 109. A. N. Swain.
110. Estate Solomon Hapgood.
I11. J. P. Brockway and gunshop. 112. Lyman Hapgood.
58. Joseph Willson. 59. Asa Wentworth. 60. Gates Perry. 61. L. C. Dickinson. 62. Laban Bullock.
64. S. S. Coolige and S. S. Vilas. 65. Leon D. Hurd. 66. Henry Billing. 67. Catholic Church 68. Dennis Flavin.
43. S. R. Wales.
44. F. Whitman.
45. Hollis Streeter.
46. Capt. Walter Tay- lor.
47. Franklin Henry, the old bell ringer.
48. Mrs. Clancy and
88. Mrs. Fabius Ban- croft.
70. Thomas O'Brien.
4. P. Hyde.
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113. Charles Hapgood. 114. Mrs. Flavin.
115. E. W. Bancroft.
116. Low estate.
117. John Church.
118. Nathaniel Gilmore. 119. J. Kilburn.
120. Ira L. Earle.
121. Seth Hapgood.
122. J. Hackett.
123. D. McCarty.
124. Five dwellings of Sanford Granger.
125. William P. Barker. 126. Barker's slaughter house.
127. A. G. Henshaw. 128. C. E. Chase.
129. Sanford Granger.
130. C. E. Chase.
131. and 132, Perry & Ellis tannery.
134. "C. S. M." (?)
135. A. S. Granger.
136. Sanford Granger.
137. Frost, Derby & Co. scythe snath factory. 138. Grist-mill, J. Will- son & Co.
139. A. McCarty dwell- ing.
140. storehouse.
141. C. E. Holbrook shoe store and
John Adams.
142. Russell Hyde gro- cery store and Hiram Newton.
133. Granger's saw-mill. 143. Bellows Falls Canal Co. office.
144. W. J. Conant furni- ture store.
145. S. E. Perham black- smith shop.
146. Charles Towns livery and Hart- ford Sorghum Ma- chine Co.
147. Storehouse of Hart- ford Sorghum Ma- chine Co.
ARBITRARY NUMBERS " UNDER THE HILL"
I. Clark & Chapman machine shop.
2. A. S. Clark foundry.
3. Blacksmith shop.
4. Woodworking shop. Tolman & Kraetzer sash and
blinds. Laban Bullock wood turning. Cobb & Underwood doors, sash and blinds.
5. B. F. Canal Co. saw-mill.
ARBITRARY NUMBERS ON BRIDGE STREET, SOUTH SIDE
I. Times block, occupied on the first floor by Leander Amadon jeweler ; on the second floor law offices of H. E. Stoughton, C. E. Arnold and W. S. Myers. Town clerk's office.
3. Mammoth block, west end, occu- pied first floor by Arms & . Willson hardware merchants ; second floor offices J. D. Bridg- man, A. Wentworth, George
Slate and Connecticut River Mu- tual Fire Insurance Co. ; third floor Bellows Falls Times.
5. Mammoth block, east end owned by Norman Harris and occu- pied by S. S. Cragin grocery store, B. T. Locke and Co. and Good Templars' hall.
7. Johnson & Babbitt drug and book store and express office.
9. Cobb & Sargent restaurant.
II. Frank Whitman marble shop.
ARBITRARY NUMBERS ON BRIDGE STREET, NORTH SIDE
2. S. Sanders restaurant.
4. Goodwin's harness shop.
6. O. D. Gray clothing and dry goods store in the east half :
M. D. Jackson & Co. jewelers in the west half: and Dr. L. C. Barker's office.
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ARBITRARY NUMBERS ON WESTMINSTER STREET
1. N. H. Farr & Co. clothing mer- chants ; Dr. F. Whitman office.
2. R. C. Dinsmore & Co. milliners : E. C. Hooper & Co. groceries : Dr. O. F. Woods drugs; M. M. Whitney barber and Dr. S. M. Blake dentist.
3. J. D. Bridgman livery stable.
4. Brick block owned by Sanford Granger and ocupied by F. P. Hadley dealer in stoves and tinware.
ARBITRARY NUMBERS ON ROCKINGHAM STREET
1. Wightman public hall; Dr. S. Nichols office ; S. Chandler ; G. W. Frost eating room and Griswold & Warren meat market.
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