The Museum in the Streets / Le Mus?e dans le Rue
Near the Old PrisonThe Georges Hotel stood at the intersection of Main and Georges Street where there now is an empty lot. It burned to the ground leaving the three chimneys standing. On a very windy day several years after the fire, one of the chimneys was blown over on a man who happened to be walking past the site. His absence was realized only when the debris was cleared. Following that tragedy, the other two chimneys were quickly removed. Below, the woman walking across Wadsworth Street, at the "Upper Corner", was Mrs. Sanford, a noted photographer in Thomaston. The corner of what is now the Prison Show Room can be seen on the right of the photograph. In 1892 the building housed the J. B. Pearson Clothing Factory, a major employer of seamstresses who made men's clothing.
? Cot? de l'Ancienne PrisonL'H?tel Georges ?tait situ? ? l'angle de la Grande Rue et de Georges Street, o? rien n'a ?t? construit depuis. Un jour, l'h?tel est d?truit par un incendie et seules ses trois chemin?es subsistent. Bien plus tard, un jour de grand vent, l'une de celles-ci s'?croule sur un malheureux passant dont on ne d?courvre le corps qu'une fois les d?bris retir. Bien entendu, cette trag?die conduit au d?mant?lement quasi-imm?diat des deux chemin?es restantes. Sur l'autre photographie, la femme qui traverse Wadsworth Street est Madame Sanford, une photographe locale, ? l'?poque connue de tous. Derri?re elle, on aper?oit le coin de ce qui est aujourd'hui la salle d'exposition de l'ancienne prison. En 1892, ce b?timent ?tait l'usine textile de J. B. Pearson qui employait de nombreuses counturi?res pour la confection de v?tements pour hommes. A l'origine, Wadsworth Street se nommait Meeting House Road.
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