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Handy and Harman - 1770 Kings Highway. Corner of Kings Highway and Grasmere Avenue. Kings Highway is in the foreground.

The Handy and Harman Factory opened in 1915 and supplied precious metals to manufacturers worldwide. The factory closed in 2002…

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Handy and Harman - 1770 Kings Highway. Corner of Kings Highway and Grasmere Avenue. Grasmere Avenue is in the foreground.


The Handy and Harman Factory opened in 1915 and supplied precious metals to manufacturers worldwide. The factory closed in…

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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…

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Leroy Miner's Service Station, later operated by James W. Miller, father of Leroy. Located at 23 Post Road, opposite of Grasmere Avenue on the Old Post Road, next to Ash Creek.

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McGarry's Blacksmith Shop, located on the NW corner of Sanford Street and Post Road. Built between 1830s - 1850s, the shop stood until 1949.

McGarry's Blacksmith Shop was opened in the mid 1800's by Michael Fox. Fox taught his trade to his…

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McGarry's Blacksmith Shop, located on the NW corner of Sanford Street and Post Road. Built between 1830s - 1850s, the shop stood until 1949.

McGarry's Blacksmith Shop was opened in the mid 1800's by Michael Fox. Fox taught his trade to his…

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McGarry's Blacksmith Shop, located on the NW corner of Sanford Street and Post Road. Built between 1830s - 1850s, the shop stood until 1949

McGarry's Blacksmith Shop was opened in the mid 1800's by Michael Fox. Fox taught his trade to his…

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McGarry's Market and Barber Shop, located at 666 Post Road.

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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.

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From left to right: Margaret Rudkin (Pepperidge Farm founder), Angie Mercurio, Dominic A. (Merk) Mercurio, Dominic Mercurio, Jr., A. James (Jimmy) Mercurio, Sally Mercurio.


Mercurio's Market was founded in 1900 by Domenic Mercurio Sr., who used…
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