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Welcome
To a
wonderful, fun-filled
family-oriented evening
A Magic Show
with Michael Paul!
A Fundraiser For
The Windsor Locks
Preservation Association’s
Save The Train Station Project
Thank You ToOur Event Sponsors!
Welcome to another wonderful evening
filled with family-oriented fun
A Magic Show
with Michael Paul!
Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers!
Markowski Dental
Windsor Locks Heating & Cooling
The 1st National Bank of Suffield
Joe’s Bass, Bait & Tackle
Charles S Carillo Agency, Inc.
Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers!
Elmore Design Collaborative
Chestnut Oak Associates
Phil’s Automotive
Scata's Auto & Truck Repairs
La Notte Restaurant
American Ecumenical Catholic Church
Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers!
Chiropractic Health Centers
Enfield Animal Hospital
Hair Styles Unlimited
Bacher Corporation
Dr. John T. Barrett DDS
Healthy Smiles Dental Care - Dr. Chris Kim DMD
Thank You ToOur Program Advertisers!
T & S Sporting Goods Inc.
Fahey, Landolina & Associates
St. Mary Church
Smalley Brothers VFW Post 6123
Bobby G's Old Fashioned Service
Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors!
Lincoln Financial Group Napa Auto Parts
Cracker Barrel - East Windsor Ahlstrom
Stop & Shop – Windsor Shaw’s
Geisslers - East Windsor Red Robin – Enfield
Panera Bread – Enfield Skooters
Daley’s Florist The Donut Kettle
Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors!
New England Air Museum Tastefully Simple
Joe’s Bass, Bait & Tackle Nancy O’Konis
National Amusements Colonial Printers
Boston Market - Bloomfield Sofia’s Restaurant
Alaimo & Barile Real Estate Quiznos Subs
Big Y – East Windsor T G I Fridays
Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors!
Creative Clips Pet Salon Dorothy Musiol
Dairy Cream at Bradley Robin’s Nest Crafts
Dari Delite - East Windsor Joan Levitan
Hair Styles Unlimited Annie Raasch
Watch Me Now – Cathy Simonea
Montgomery Wholesale Florist
Thank You ToOur Raffle Donors!
Jen DiPoppo Barbara Carlson
Bradley Bowl Barbara Tarbell
Tammy McKay Wal Mart
Mark Twain House Revay’s
Hands on Theraputic Massage Pickleworks
Basketball Hall of Fame Starbucks
Swede’s Jewelers Chris Morris
Thank You ToOur Corporate Sponsors!The following have made financial, product or service
contributions to the Save The Train Station Project throughout the 2005 and 2006 season.
Elmore Design Collaborative, Inc.
Cracker Barrel
and the Country Lady of East Windsor
Michael Paul Magic
The Lawrence Associates
Thank You ToOur Corporate Sponsors!
CT Trust for Historic Preservation in conjunction with the CT Council on the Humanities
C&S Wholesale Grocers
Ahlstrom
Yankee Signs
The following have made financial, product or service contributions to the Save The Train Station Project
throughout the 2005 and 2006 season.
Thank You ToOur Corporate Sponsors!
Alaimo & Barile Realtors - Mike Barile
T & S Sports
Storms & Storms - Attorneys At Law
Amherst Railway Society
Bearly Visible Design
The following have made financial, product or service contributions to the Save The Train Station Project
throughout the 2005 and 2006 season.
Windsor LocksPreservation Association
Our mailing address is:
Windsor Locks
Preservation Association, Inc.
PO Box 158
East Windsor, CT 06088-0158
Windsor LocksPreservation Association
The Windsor Locks Train Station is a fine example of 1800’s Passenger Station architecture - one of the few such stations that remain intact today
Train Station Time Line
• 1844New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail Road begins offering train service, connecting Windsor Locks with Hartford, Springfield and beyond
Train Station construction drawing – 1875
Train Station Time Line
• 1875Passenger Train Station built by the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Rail Road
Train Station Time Line
• 1891 - June 10Crowds gather at train station for the grandest day in town's history - dedication of the Soldiers Memorial Hall
Hundreds of Civil War Veterans, judges, political figures & countless dignitaries arrive via train and form parade marching through streets to Memorial Hall
Passenger Depot – circa 1906
Tracks near Dexter Factory – circa 1908
Train Station Time Line
• 1906 - DecemberCrowds gather as guests from all over New England arrive via train to attend the wedding of Thomasine Haskell and George Conant at Ashmere, (the Dexter Coffin mansion) further south on Main Street
Train Station Time Line
• 1938 - September 21Brick Freight Depot next to Passenger Station blown down during hurricane
• Though rebuilt, Freight Depot was acquired and demolished in 1960's & 70's during urban renewal project
Freight Depot – circa early 1900’s
Main Street – circa 1915
Main Street – circa 1919
Hartford & Springfield Street Car #22This street car is typical of those that
traveled through town in the early 1900’s
Train Station - circa 1920-1930
Train Station Time Line
• 1940'sOriginally painted Yellow-Cream with Tudor Brown and Forest Green highlights, station is given a thorough clean-up and sand blasted, revealing bare red brick which remains to this day
Train Station Time Line
• 1953-1961Dwight Eisenhower visited the Windsor Locks Train Station on a whistle stop during his presidency, much to the joy of the townspeople and school children who were let out and gathered at the station
Train Station – circa 1967
Train Station Time Line
• 1971Last boarding passes sold
Building closed
Train Station Time Line
• 1975The Train Station is 100 years old!
• Slated for demolition, building placed on National Register of Historic Places by The Save The Station Committee, which was formed by Robert Bickford & C. Birbara
• Sadly, town's redevelopment agency does not pursue acquisition
Train Station Time Line
• 1975 - January 8Windsor Locks native, Ella Rose Tambussi Grasso, first woman elected governor in the United States of America, boards train to attend her inauguration in Hartford
Train Station Time Line
• 2000The train station vandalized by fire. Thankfully, fire is discovered quickly and extinguished
Train Station Time Line
• 2004 - OctoberWindsor Locks Preservation Association founded by Barbara Schley & Mickey Danyluk
Train Station exterior - December 2004
Train Station interior - December 2004
Train Station Time Line
• 2004 - DecemberWindsor Locks Preservation Association receives 501(c)(3) non-profit status
Windsor Locks Train Station
December 2004
Train Station History
The existing abandoned passenger train station was built in 1875 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, some 31 years after the railroad came through Windsor Locks, replacing transportation of goods and people on the Connecticut River and its canal
Train Station construction drawing – 1875
Rail Road Station and Main Street
Circa 1908
Train Station exterior - December 2004
Train Station History
The train station is the sole surviving structure of the mid-19th century Main Street business district of the once quaint industrial village of "Windsor Locks" founded in 1854
Main Street – circa 1915
Train Station History
Many of the products of the mills in town were shipped from the accompanying brick Freight Depot which was destroyed during a hurricane on September 21, 1938
Though rebuilt, the Freight Depot was later acquired for demolition during the urban renewal project of the 1960's through the 1980's
Freight Depot – circa early 1900’s
Train Station History
The railroad yard included the Freight Depot, Passenger Station, Water Tower, and Gateman's Shanty
A Gateman’s Shanty is where a gate tender would be sheltered from the weather, and upon an approaching train, would drop the gate manually to close the route to the canal and river bridges
Train Station History
The Passenger Train Station was for many years the "front door" to the town
The newly arrived, passing the station's thresholds, received their first impressions of Windsor Locks, and their parting glances from the Station
Train Station History
From its telegraph office - news from beyond the limits of this riverside town were received
The station was a gathering place to receive and send off loved ones, most particularly military servicemen who departed to train for service, and the place to which those who paid the supreme sacrifice were received
Train Station - circa 1920-1930
Train Station History
Military send-offs occurred during:- Spanish-American War- World War I - World War II- Korean Conflict
There were many whistle stop visits by war heroes after World War I
Train Station History
Crowds gathered at the station on June 10, 1891 for what would be the grandest day ever in the town's history - the dedication of the Soldiers Memorial Hall
Hundreds of Civil War veterans, judges, political figures and countless dignitaries arrived via train, and formed a parade marching through the streets of Windsor Locks to the Memorial Hall
Main Street – circa 1915
Train Station History
In December 1906 crowds gathered again as guests from all over New England arrived via train and were transported by carriages to attend the wedding of Thomasine Haskell (grand daughter of Charles Haskell Dexter) and George Conant at Ashmere, the Dexter Coffin mansion further south on Main Street
Passenger Depot – circa 1906
Train Station History
From the Windsor Locks Passenger Station departed Miss Jane Carr, an Irish domestic servant who worked in the mansions of two families here
She left to attend to the needs of her nieces and nephews in Ireland, but before returning here, was lost in the Titanic tragedy of April 1912
Main Street – circa 1915
Train Station History
Originally painted a Yellow-Cream with Tudor Brown and Forest Green highlights, the station was neglected and fell into disrepair in the 1920's and 30's
In the 1940's a thorough clean up was done and the building was sand blasted, revealing the bare red brick appearance we see today
Rail Road Station and Main Street
Circa 1908
Train Station History
Dwight Eisenhower visited Windsor Locks on a whistle stop during his presidency (1953-1961), much to the joy of the townspeople and school children who were let out and gathered at the station
Train Station History
The last boarding passes were sold about 1971 and the building was closed
Slated for demolition, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 (the Station 100th anniversary) by a group called, The Save The Station Committee
Sadly, the town's redevelopment agency did not pursue it's acquisition
Train Station History
Windsor Locks native, Ella Rose Tambussi Grasso, the first woman elected governor in the United States of America, boarded a Hartford bound train from this very station on January 8, 1975 for her inauguration
Train Station – circa 1967
Train Station History
By the late 1970's the Passenger Station ceased to be a functioning train stop
Twice in the past 30+ years, local businessmen attempted to lease and rehabilitate the structure, but their attempts failed
Train Station HistoryAlthough the building has been vacant, neglected and time-worn by the elements; despite surviving arson, the old Train Station has captured the imagination of the townspeople, railroad buffs and travelers, young and old
All cherish its appearance - its simple but stunning architecture, and wonder about the tales of people who have come and gone, and the places departed for and arrived from which hang in the space between its walls
Train Station exterior – circa 2005
Windsor LocksPreservation Association
We received 501(c)(3) non-profit status in December 2004
Our goals are to encourage and educate the public and town government on the importance of preservation
The Windsor Locks Preservation Association was formed on October 2004
Windsor LocksPreservation Association
Our main focus is to obtain and preserve the Historic Windsor Locks Passenger Train Station
Additionally, we have compiled and introduced educational programs into the school system and have encouraged students to become involved in our efforts
Train Station Magnets Now Available
Windsor LocksPreservation Association
Our group has completed a structural study, site work, and cost analysis of the area
A site plan for future renovations has been prepared, and an appraisal is in the works
Master Site Plan - December 2004
Windsor LocksPreservation Association
All proceeds from our fundraising efforts go directly to the Save The Train Station project and educational programs
To make a donation, join our membership, volunteer, or view our merchandise, call us at 860-798-5376
Train Station drawing by Alice Williams
Windsor LocksPreservation Association
Our mailing address is:
Windsor Locks
Preservation Association, Inc.
PO Box 158
East Windsor, CT 06088-0158
Train Station exterior - December 2004
Main Street – Windsor Locks – circa 1900Main Street – Windsor Locks – circa 1900