Then & Now Photos from Leeds

The old school bell at Memorial Park



 

That was then.......                                                             and this is NOW!

Roland's Station circa 1940                                         F.L. Roberts Sunoco now (2006)

       

This is the Leeds Inn (1954).

And here it is in 2005.

 

 

 

This is the original Nonotuck Silk Mill building on Mulberry Street. It was the only mill on the river that survived the Mill River Disaster of 1874 (circa 1950).

 

 

 

...and it was demolished in the early 1960's for.........a parking lot! (2005)

 

 

 

This is what 38 Water Street looked like THEN (circa 1895).

 

 

And this is it NOW (spring, 2005)!

 

 

Here is 35 Water Street THEN (circa 1895).

 

And this is it NOW (spring, 2005)!

 

 

 

 

Here is 39 Water Street before...(circa 1895)

 

 

 

This has got to be the all time worst remodeling job we have ever seen!! (spring, 2005)

 

This is 50 Water Street waay back THEN.

 

And this is it in 2005!

 

This was Tetrault's Store on Water Street (circa 1895).

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But now it's a house (spring, 2005)

 

 

 

Here is Seney's Store in 1908.

 

And this is it now...as a house!

 

 

Here is the mill on Main Street THEN.

 

 

Now the Leeds Village Apartments inhabit the building, the rail road tracks are gone and trees have grown up!

50 Front Street then...

50 Front Street now.

 

Skating on the Mill River, circa 1903.
Skating on the Mill River, 1903

 

in 2004 

Skating on the Mill River, 2004.

 

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