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Fig. 40. Rock of Ages Eureka Plant #6, c. 1950.

Rock of Ages Eureka Plant #6 was diagonally across the street from the Garcia house on River Street in Montpelier.

Fig. 41. Ernie's Variety Store, 1972.

Ernie’s Variety Store, originally the Ghiringhelli Brothers grocery, was located at the foot of Berlin St. Hill at the intersection of Berlin St. with River St. in Montpelier.

Fig. 42. Marvin and Cooley Dairy, 1972.

The Marvin and Cooley Dairy on Berlin Street in Montpelier processed milk for sale to the public.

Fig. 43. Early Glass Milk Bottle.

Bing Marvin from the Marvin and Cooley Dairy went to houses to take orders for milk. Horse-drawn wagons delivered the milk to homes in glass bottles that were placed in small insulated boxes on the porches.

Fig. 44. Aja Brothers River Street Market, c. 1950.

The Aja Brothers Meat Market was located in the basement of the family homestead at 143 River Street.

Fig. 45. Tony Aja and children, c. 1930.

In early years, Aja family members delivered meat around the area in their horse-drawn wagon. This photo shows Antonio "Tony" Aja, his daughter Angeles and his son Antonio, Jr., ready to make deliveries. the granite sheds in Pioneer Center can be…

Fig. 46. Railroad Yards, 1929.

Railroad Yards of the Montpelier & Wells River and Central Vermont Railroads, as seen from the top of the E. W. Bailey Grain elevator, 1929. The number of tracks here has been reduced to one and the area is now known as Stone Cutters Way.

Fig. 47. Montpelier and Wells River Railroad yard, c.1934.

A boy looks out of the cabin of this Montpelier and Wells River locomotive on the turntable in the railroad yard, c.1934. The turntable still exists on Stone Cutter Way.

Fig. 48. Model of Vermont State House, c. 1930s.

Model of Vermont State House at Toy Motor Court at the western edge of Montpelier on Route 2, c. 1930s.

21 Main Street, American Legion

American Legion Post #3 at 21 Main Street is housed in one of the few wood frame buildings remaining downtown. It probably dates from just after the Montpelier Fire of 1875 that flattened this area of the city. In this 1915 photograph P.J.…

100 State Street, Capitol Plaza

The hotel we know as the Capitol Plaza was built as the Montpelier Tavern in 1932, a three-story hotel replacing an 1826 wood-frame hotel on the same site. A fourth story was added above the cornice line in the 1940s as seen in the top photograph.…

107 State Street, Silas French House

The building at 107 State Street, formerly known as the Thrush Tavern and now housing Pho Capital, is the youngest of four Federal style residential buildings in a short section of the north side of State Street. Silas C. French, a boot and shoe…

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