tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post1011088598161553326..comments2024-03-28T22:51:39.946-04:00Comments on Waterbury Thoughts: Robert Wakeman HillRaechel Guesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00877208684670929373noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-72261078554194841332023-02-03T19:49:09.423-05:002023-02-03T19:49:09.423-05:00Hill designed an extraordinary house in Lowell, MA...Hill designed an extraordinary house in Lowell, MA for the attorney William Anderson in 1877. Local publications confirm the attribution as Robert W. Hill, Waterbury, Connecticut. A few images survive but sadly the house was razed about 1977. Anderson was a Londonderry, NH native but attended Yale which may be a hint to a connection.Joe Orfantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-72654631177186782812018-12-10T11:40:49.299-05:002018-12-10T11:40:49.299-05:00The Thomaston Opera House is a wonderful building....The Thomaston Opera House is a wonderful building. The theater was originally a ballroom and meeting place. Seats were set up when there was an event on the stage, and taken down for balls. It was converted at one point to a movie theater, then fell into disrepair until a group of people from the town got together to revive it, creating the current theater today. The "firehouse" in the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707922445241558247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-54501944528494080012013-05-10T23:29:51.746-04:002013-05-10T23:29:51.746-04:00What an extaordinary bit of research and photograp...What an extaordinary bit of research and photography. Thank you. I have been going through newspapers in Ansonia, and a Mr. Hill, I assume the same, is identified as the architect of the Ansonia Opera House. Here are two photographs and blog entries that I posted earlier this year.<br /><br />http://rothphotos.blogspot.com/2013/03/ansonia-opera-house.html<br />http://rothphotos.blogspot.com/Emery Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764300703571229622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-60708932145603639152012-01-01T09:21:44.825-05:002012-01-01T09:21:44.825-05:00Thanks again for all your work on this. It's ...Thanks again for all your work on this. It's just amazing that you were able to find so many buildings that Robert designed.<br /><br />We had a great time at the Hall of Fame ceremony. I think Robert would have been very proud to be honored by the town (I know I was very proud of him).<br /><br />Once again, thanks for all your hard work. It will be nice to be able to pass along all the Robert Pufferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665094658892335207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-46414045104521435122011-12-24T07:49:30.004-05:002011-12-24T07:49:30.004-05:00Love the pictures of Washington school and glad to...Love the pictures of Washington school and glad to see my classroom is part of the original building.Dale O'Learynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-13768137890882989442011-11-21T23:45:40.313-05:002011-11-21T23:45:40.313-05:00The prior comment has it right - this is a terrifi...The prior comment has it right - this is a terrific article, way more than what one normally sees in the blogosphere. While much has been lost, the good news is that as best I can tell, none of the surviving works looks in any way endangered with the possible exception of the Welton Street School. I remember going into that school as a child to get vaccines, it housing the city health Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18653650.post-32842803513795729682011-11-19T11:48:42.955-05:002011-11-19T11:48:42.955-05:00This was a fantastic article. The Lewis Block is a...This was a fantastic article. The Lewis Block is also one of my favorite buildings. I started a novel that takes place partly in and around the building, in fact...got about 150 pages into it and got stuck.<br /><br />This made me miss Waterbury terribly. I wish I could do more for my hometown, because I feel like so much amazing history is being neglected and is therefore at risk. There's soDan Cavallarihttp://www.danielcavallari.comnoreply@blogger.com