In March of 2010, after a couple of very heavy rainstorm, the historic Town Hall Bridge in North Stonington was washed away by the Shunock River. This picture was taken on April 4 of that year, about a week after the flood. The building right on the river was heavily damaged and a good part of the building was lost. It once housed a boutique shop/art gallery/coffee house/sandwich shop. I'm not sure what became of the owner. Ironically, the weekend before this flood, my wife and I had lunch here and at that time the river was already pretty high due to some heavy spring rains the prior week. The bridge remained out for quite some time. That was then. This is now.
North Stonington, CT
Looks like that building was completely rebuilt with a new roof and additions out back. Is there a retail shop there now? Too bad about the loss of the sandwich shop.
ReplyDeleteThe building currently houses a hardware store. I'm surprised it stays in business with all the large discount warehouse hardware stores that are around these days. However, the closest Loew's or Home Depot is probably 15 miles away.
ReplyDeleteWhen Walmart and Home Depot moved to town we lost three large hardware stores. Now there is nowhere to buy individual nuts and bolts of specific threads. Hope this hardware store remains in business.
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