Historic Photo Gallery of East Hampton
Historic East Hampton Photo Gallery & Visual Archives
Historic Memories from Belltown USA
Walsh's Market
Originally, from left to right, First National Store, Walsh's Market, Mike DeLorenzo's Barber Shop and Thatcher's Drug Store. The 2nd Floor was Bea's Beauty Box, Attorney Howard Maxwell's office and George Mack's Barber Shop. East Hampton Pizza came later.
Palm's Delicatessen
This was a grocery store and was located where Subway restaurant is now, and was the only store open in East Hampton on Sunday's. People used to flock to Palm's Delicatessen after church to get groceries.
Belltown Diner
Clint Cortney owned the Belltown Diner which was located where Classic Auto is now. Dick Costa is the gentleman seen behind the cash register.
The Belltown Dairy Bar
The Orange Inn, aka, The Belltown Dairy Bar was located along RT 66. This building was portable and could be seen in many different spots along East High Street.
A & N Motor Services
Standing for this picture is Stan Knotek, Archie Cook and Roy Hallberg, SR. The A & N Service Station was located close to the Luthern Church in East Hampton. The Fred Gates House is seen in the background.
Oscar Nyman's Auto Sales
This service station was located next door to Ace Hardware. Oscar Nyman proprietor Gulf gasoline a Chassis lubrication general repairing Chevrolet parts and service.
Historic Main Street
A view of down town East Hampton looking northward with the Carrier Block building and Barton Hill Rd. on the left. This historic East Hampton Photo from the 1940s was taken from the Air Line Railroad bridge that crossed over Main Street. Some of the more notable historic landmarks located in the center of the Belltown National Historic District include: Hitchcock's Pharmacy as well as the Buckland and Barton General Store, the Post Office, Siebert's Opera House, Barton Drug Store, and Louis James' Candy Kitchen.
Gong Bell Factory
Established as a partnership in 1866 by H. H. Abbe, E. C. Barton, E. G. Cone and A. H. Conklin, The Gong Bell Manufacturing Company began producing bells and toys in the Town of East Hampton, Connecticut. Today Gong Bell Mfg antique toys and bells are sought after by collectors around the world as the company was not in existence past the 1960s.
Photo Archive
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East Hampton Train Station
Chatham Connecticut
Chestnut Hill School
Carriers Pavillion
Lake Pocotopaug 1888
Town of East Hampton, CT
East Hampton, Connecticut
Barton Drug Store
Bevin Bell Display
Cobalt Middle Haddam School
The Comstock Bridge
In East Hampton, Connecticut
Lake Pocotopaug
Middle Haddam Library
Old Homes Day Parade
East Hampton Parade
Summit Thread Mills
East Hampton
East Hampton Beach
Gong Bell
Gong Bell Catalog
Hurricane of 1938
East Hampton
Belltown USA School Bus
Belltown USA
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
2019 Calendar
Camp Wopowog 1932
Historic Main Street
East Hampton, Connecticut
Chatham, Connecticut
Circa 1900Where History Still Stands
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Historic Maps of East Hampton, CT
East Hampton, CT
First published in 1880 by O.H. Bailey of Boston, this panoramic bird's-eye map captures East Hampton at the height of its 19th-century industrial development. Featured landmarks include East Hampton Town Hall, George A. Strong's Carriage Manufactory, H.E. Niles' Coffin Trimmings, Pocotopaug Hotel, Lake Pocotopaug, and the East Hampton Bell Company.
Lake Pocotopaug
A historic map of Lake Pocotopaug, one of Connecticut's largest inland lakes and one of the defining features of East Hampton, CT, shown here in its earlier days before the shoreline development that surrounds it today.
Notable Historical Points of Interest Included in Archive:
- The Old Middle Haddam Church: Established in the 18th century, representing one of the earliest spiritual centers in Middle Haddam.
- Air Line Railroad Trail: Formerly a major rail corridor connecting Boston and New York, now preserved as a scenic linear state park trail.