From the 1670s through the 1830s, Waterbury was primarily a farming community. During the 1840s, Waterbury's industrial entrepreneurs an...

Like other cities in the U.S., Waterbury has suffered from the impact of racism on housing. Throughout the twentieth century, there have be...

There was a rally at City Hall yesterday intended to draw attention to the problem of racism in society today. The lineup of speakers includ...

During the 1880s, Horace Weston was the world's greatest banjo player. He toured the U.S. and Europe, wrote music, endorsed a line of ...

As announced in the Rep-Am on June 26 , the former Waterbury Clock office building will soon be demolished, along with portions of the facto...

Located next to Route 8, at the entrance to Riverside Cemetery, is a small Victorian chapel in need of repair. Built during the 1880s, the H...

One of Waterbury's most underappreciated buildings is the Porter house on East Main Street, across from Hamilton Park. The history of th...

As we slog our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, I have found some reassurance from studying the 1918 influenza pandemic, the worst pandemi...

Every so often, I visit the Library of Congress website to see what new Waterbury material has been digitized. My latest search pulled up a ...

Bucks Hill (also spelled Buck's Hill) was far enough removed from the center of Waterbury to be considered a satellite settlement during...

During the 1870s, Christmas in Waterbury began to look more like it does today than it had in earlier decades (see previous post ). Christma...

Christmas is a time of nostalgia, with people reflecting on their happy memories from childhood, but the older history is just as interestin...

I recently purchased a Waterbury token on a whim while looking for information about a Pete’s Tavern featured in a series of articles in 194...

We've been trying to remodel our Scovill Row Home for over a year now, hitting endless obstacles from contractors who want nothing to do...

As reported in the Republican-American on May 2, the iconic spires of St. Anne's Church will be removed by All Saints Parish this summe...

Thanks to the Oscar awards, the movie Green Book has been getting a lot of attention. There are plenty of good resources for learning more ...

One of Waterbury's great grassroots groups, Spirit of Waterbury , put together a winter festival at Hamilton Park this afternoon, the se...

Black barber shops have been an important center of African American communities since the 1800s. Black barbers were among the first African...

Over the weekend, we took in a stray female cat and we are now trying to find its owners. If your cat or dog is missing, be sure to c...

Starting sometime around 1750, Connecticut’s enslaved Africans began a tradition of electing their own Governor. In later years, the newly e...