Warren Library Association - Historic Photographs

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Beaty Field and Jackson Street (circa 1880)
Beaty Field and Jackson Street (circa 1880)
Buildings, Rivers, Towers
A view west from the foot of Jackson Street near the Conewango Creek dam circa 1880.
Carver House Hotel (circa 1880)
Carver House Hotel (circa 1880)
Hotels, Churches, Streets
Carver House hotel and the 400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1880. At the end of the block is the steeple of the original Trinity Episcopal church. The Hall block (three stories) is at left center.
Fifth and Liberty Looking East (circa 1880)
Fifth and Liberty Looking East (circa 1880)
Courthouses, Jails
View east ca 1880 across Warren from along Fifth Avenue with the intersection of Fifth and Liberty Street at left. The large structure left of center is the recently constructed Warren County courthouse. To its immediate left are the sheriff's residence and county jail.
Flat Boat at Conewango Creek Dam (circa 1880)
Flat Boat at Conewango Creek Dam (circa 1880)
Flatboats, boats, people, Floods
A trading, or flat, boat built in Russell by Ira Briggs was stuck on the Conewango dam in Warren in the mid-to late 1880s. High water soon floated it off the dam and it was taken on down river. Pilot Lorenzo Badger is seated on the roof of the boat.
Pennsylvania Avenue (circa 1880)
Pennsylvania Avenue (circa 1880)
Buildings, Streets
View west from Second Avenue at The Point. Intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue, originally part of Water Street. Photo circa 1880.
Rafts at Warren Eddy (circa 1880)
Rafts at Warren Eddy (circa 1880)
Rafts, People
The Warren eddy from the foot of Poplar Street in the early 1880s. Lumber rafts made up in the Conewango Creek are being assembled into Allegheny rafts of 3-section width. Note that the raft with a shanty is two-thirds complete.
Second Avenue and Liberty Street (circa 1880)
Second Avenue and Liberty Street (circa 1880)
Buildings, Streets, Carts and Wagons
View from Watson-Davis block of the intersection of Second Avenue and Liberty Street about 1880. Left, the Allen block; center, the Ludlow block (later the site of Kresge's and now, 2004, the Liberty Street Marketplace), and beyond it, the Hertzel house on Second Avenue. Spire of the Presbyterian church at center.
View West from The Point (circa 1880)
View West from The Point (circa 1880)
Bakeries, Streets, Buildings
View west from The Point, Second and Pennsylvania (then Water Street) Avenues, about 1880. At left center is Archibald Tanner's 1816 store building, which survived until 1909.
Water Street (circa 1880)
Water Street (circa 1880)
Buildings, Streets
View across Conewango Creek to Water Street between Third and Fourth Avenues from Beaty Field circa 1880. Third Avenue swinging bridge barely visible at far left.