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AT LEFT: North Street looking Youth from just above (north) of the intersection of Orchard Street (at left) and Depot Street in 1938. The building on the extreme right is the Wallace Building, shown below, The two buildings between Grace Church and Depot Street were damaged by fire in 1975. purchased by the church, axl tom down. As previously noted, this was the site of Middletown's second school, and later, the Middletown Bank.
AT LEFT: Wallace Back, which stood between Depot Succt and the railroad tracks. On this site in the 1840's was a slaughterhouse. This was removed, and in 1844 che Eric Building was constructed on the site. In 1911 this was torn down and the Wallace Building erected. This was demolished in 1959 and the site is now a small park. Photo taken cl959 by Charles L. Radzinsky,
AT RIGHT: North Street looking north from the Eric Crossing. Notc crossing gate tower at left, a north-bound trolley is coming up the street; the electrical wiring above the crossing was to prevent the trolley from losing electrical power while goring over the railroad tracks. The building at right is still there; the present Donovan Building at 87-95 North Street was simply built in front of it, A. H. Still photo, c1907.
AT RIGHT: North Street looking such fonn Wickham Avenue. Most of the Northside Building at left was lom down in October, 1982, when Kandel Brox. enlarged their store at 15I North Street, At right is the Park House, a hotel which began business about 1892. Later known as Jule's Bar & Grill, it bumed in 1979 and was demolished in May. 1980. Plxoxo by A. H. Still, c1907.