Warren Library Association - Historic Photographs

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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.
Conewango Avenue (circa 1890)
Conewango Avenue (circa 1890)
Streets, Schools
Looking up Conewango Avenue from Pennsylvania Avenue about 1890. In the center distance is the Jefferson Street School's bell tower.
Corner of Third Avenue and Hickory Street (circa 1890)
Corner of Third Avenue and Hickory Street (circa 1890)
Schools, Streets, Buildings, millrace
Central and Union schools, northeast corner of Third Avenue and Hickory Street, circa 1890. Central, at left, was added in 1871 to the older Union building, built in 1854 and razed in 1900. Central was home to high school students until construction of Warren High School in 1897 but continued in use as an elementary school until razed in 1936 to make way for a new municipal building.
Dave Bairstow Beside the Conewango Creek (circa 1886)
Dave Bairstow Beside the Conewango Creek (circa 1886)
People, Streets, Photographic studios
Dave Bairstow, circa 1886 (born 1882 or 1883). The view is to the northeast across the Conewango Creek towards the Branch stone quarry above Jackson Street. The quarry is visible along the barn roof at center. David Bairstow (died 1968) was the second-generation owner of the Bairstow photographic studio in Warren.
East Side of Liberty Street (circa 1940)
East Side of Liberty Street (circa 1940)
Buildings, Streets
East side of Liberty Street from Pennsylvania Avenue to beyond Second Avenue in Warren, ca 1940.
Fifth Avenue Bridge (circa 1890)
Fifth Avenue Bridge (circa 1890)
Bridges, Streets, People, Buildings
View west to the Fifth Avenue bridge from near Conewango Avenue in the 1890s. The store building and houses are on Water Street, and the courthouse tower appears over the frame building at left.
Fifth Avenue Looking South (circa 1880)
Fifth Avenue Looking South (circa 1880)
Streets, Buildings
A view of the south side of Warren from above Fifth Avenue west, at the head of Poplar Street in about 1880.
Fire Engine: Steamer 'Rufus P. King' (1873)
Fire Engine: Steamer 'Rufus P. King' (1873)
Fires, Banks, Streets, People
Steamer 'Rufus P. King' acquired by the borough of Warren in 1873 or 1874, and given to the scrap drive in WWII, shown in operation on the Liberty Street bridge during the Warren Savings Bank / Watson-Davis block fire of February 1889. View to the north to Warren (later New Struthers) Hotel, built by Thomas Struthers, 1880.
First National Bank (1881)
First National Bank (1881)
Banks, Streets, Politicians
The First National Bank building, north side of Second Avenue above Liberty (ex-Betty Lee, etc.) draped in September 1881 for the death of President Garfield. Original building on this site was Dunn's Tavern.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Floods, Streets, Exhibition buildings, Buildings
View from above Fifth Avenue at Hazel Street towards the flooded (1894?) south side fairgrounds. Note the advertisements for Pickett Hardware Co., J. C. Smith boots and shoes, Morck Brothers Jewelers and Opticians, A. A. Davis & Co., etc. painted on the fairgrounds fences.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Streets, People, Floods
High water on Water Street (looking west from the foot of East Street) in the 1890s, possibly during the 1894 flood.
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Flood of 1894 (1894)
Banks, Streets, People
View looking west down Pennsylvania Avenue from Market Street. The pointed tower of the Warren Savings Bank appears in the distance, right of center. Probably the flood of 1894.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, Streets
A view of Warren's west side during the 1913 flood.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, Brewing industry, People, Streets
A view east at the intersection of Market Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Water Street during the 1913 flood.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, Brewing Industry, Streets
The Hultberg block and environs, foot of Market Street, during the 1913 flood.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, Brewing industry, Streets
View from the lower railroad bridge to the Warren Brewing Company on the south side, 1913 flood.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, People, Streets
A view of Warren's west side during the 1913 flood.
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Flood of 1913 (1913)
Floods, Hospitals, Streets
View of the south side and Warren Emergency Hospital during the 1913 flood.
Hickory Street (1872)
Hickory Street (1872)
Buildings, Churches, Streets
Looking down Hickory Street towards the suspension bridge, 1872. The Thomas Clemons house (center), corner of 4th and Hickory; old Union School and Annex (later Central School) at 3rd Avenue behind house. Left of the school buildings is the First Methodist Church (the first building, constructed in 1833).
Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (Water Street) (circa 1860)
Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (Water Street) (circa 1860)
Streets, Hotels, Buildings
Intersection of Hickory Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1860. The Carver House Hotel and the Tanner building across Hickory were two of Warren's earliest brick commercial buildings. Note the denuded hillsides.