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E. W. S. Pickett's Store. Built 1894, burned 1911. Pickett's had the first plate glass windows. Fairfield Post Office was located in Pickett's Store. Pickett's was located on the northeast corner of Sanford Street and Boston Post Road. Hyde's Pond is…

Feeding horses at Bulkley's Livery Stable on Old Post Road.

Ye Set-a-Spell Tea House

935 Harbor Road

The tea house was built in 1810 by Eleazer Bulkley. The tea house operated until 1950 when it was demolished.

Sasaco Lake Ice Wagon - B. F. Bulkley. Sasaco Lake Ice was located on State Street (Post Road) in Westport, at the Westport-Southport town line, on the north side of the street.

Hill-Ribbins House

1218 Brookside Drive

The Hill-Ribbins house was built in 1749 and was previously owned by Judge David Hill. After Fairfield's courthouse was burned down by the British in 1779, some of the town business was carried out in…

McKesson Laboratories building at Kings Highway and Grasmere Avenue

McKesson Laboratories was a plant that manufactured drugs and cosmetics. It closed during the 1980's and was demolished in 1989.

"Pop" Mercurio and Dom Jr. holding horses outside; wagon and barrels in the background


Mercurio's Market was founded in 1900 by Domenic Mercurio Sr., who used to sell fruits and vegetables door-to-door from a horse and wagon. The original store…

Ice blocks were floated to this icehouse, and loaded onto a conveyor which moved them into storage. The ice was insulated with sawdust to help it last until it was needed for household iceboxes. The Bulkley family operated the Sasaco Lake Ice…

Postcard showing Post Road and exterior of Community Theatre, with parking in front.

The Community Theatre was opened in 1922. The building was built on a swamp known as Hyde's Pond. As a result of this, the foundation had to be stabilized by…

Clampett's Pharmacy, corner of Reef Road and Post Road, Fairfield, Conn.