And then there were 3
Six years ago this week we lost the 3rd building on the south side of West Main Street … known either as LeGrys & Son Jeweler or Francis Ackley’s store. …
Photo from cupola atop Rice Seed, looking northward
Left-to-right: Ray Durrin’s house in the 1970s, American Legion home on the corner (was A.B.McNish house), the back of the Wash Cnty Post building, Rice Mansion. The roadway to the …
1890 John Larmon Hose Company
Standing left-to-right: Eldred Brownell, Walter Murdoch, Thomas Luddy, James Loren, Walter Galbraith, William Luddy, Michael R. Murray Seated: Richard Roach, Thomas Powers, John Brownell, Fred LeGrys, John K. Larmon, John …
May-1939 J.B.Rice Seed Company sold
In May-1939 Associated Seed Growers (later ASGROW) of New Haven, CT purchased the J. B. Rice Seed Company for $20,000. A few weeks after the purchase completed, the new management …
Tackle Box bridge or Buffum’s bridge
Roy Brown’s Tackle Box was located on the west side of the Battenkill where County Rt 61 crosses the river. Thus, many called this the Tackle Box bridge. Ondawa Farms, …
Meikleknox
Today (2026) this building is known as The Mansion, serving as an assisted living facility on South Union Street in Cambridge. In the 1880s Edwin McClellan had his brother-in-law, William …
Lawless Cambridge, 1865
The first Cambridge Valley Bank opened its doors on Monday 3-Sep-1855. It was located on the south side of East Main Street in the brick building at what is today …
Village Turns 150
Cambridge was incorporated on 16-Apr-1866. These articles will chronicle the “raucous road to incorporation” as Dave Thorton has called it.
Cambridge Popcorn Wagon (Cretors & Company)
When I found this photo of Albert Rich’s first popcorn wagon (1907-1925), pulled by his horse Roxy, I decided to investigate. In 1885 Charles Cretors of Chicago invented the steam-powered …