More Photos of the aftermath of the December 1874 Fire on Main Street, from the Bob Lorette Collection, Wilton Historical Society























 


The Brick building with the chimneys that is visible in all three of the above photos is the only building that survived all three of the Main Street Fires (1874, 1881, and 1885), and still stands on Main Street today. Can you identify it? (Answer below)

























The only building to survive all three Main Street fires and which is still standing today is Carl Anderson's Color Shop

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