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The first local bank, the Savings Bank of Danbury, was established by local businessmen in the home of treasurer George Ives, grandfather of composer Charles Ives, on Main Street. Soon after, downtown would reach its modern extent in 1852 with the coming of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. The landowners of northern Main Street, also ...
Danbury Fair (also referred to as Danbury Fair Mall) is an upscale shopping mall located in Danbury, Connecticut. [2] As of 2011, it is the second largest shopping mall in Connecticut, [3] [better source needed] as well as the fifth largest in New England. [4] It is located off of Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 7 opposite the Danbury Municipal ...
The water flooded stores, factories and homes along the river from North Street to Beaver Brook, causing $3 million in damages. Stores downtown on White Street between Main and Maple were especially hard hit. On October 13–16, another 12 inches of rain fell on Danbury, causing the worst flooding in the city's history.
CityCenter Danbury is a redevelopment project located in the downtown core of Danbury, Connecticut. The special taxing district was formed by Main Street's merchants in the late 1980s with the goal of bringing more people and businesses into the Danbury city center, and to revitalize the downtown core.
The second store was built as one of the two anchors in the new Trumbull Shopping Park (the state's first mall), 6.7 miles from downtown Bridgeport. The store had three floors, (220,000 sq ft (20,000 m 2 )), and was located in the south section of the mall where Target stands today.
Meeker's Hardware (also known as The Red Block) is located at White Street and Patriot Drive in downtown Danbury, Connecticut, United States, near the city's train station and the Danbury Railway Museum, just outside the city's Main Street Historic District. It was built in 1883, opened in 1885 and remained in the Meeker family until 2013.
1867 Map of Danbury (King Street District at the top left corner). The primary congregation in the community has historically been King Street Church, located on the corner of King and South King Street. The Church was founded on August 21, 1830, [6] initially in nearby Putnam County. However, by 1846 the decision was made to put down roots at ...
The original Mallory Hat Company, which would become one of Danbury's most prominent hat manufacturers, was established in Great Plain in 1823. [3] At this time, Danbury was in the early stages of becoming the "Hat City of the World" [4] The small shop operated at Great Plain until the 1850s, when Mallory decided to relocate downtown. [5]