Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-10-19
PROGRESSIVE EsTEYvILLE.
Its Past and Present and the Bright
Outlook for the Future.

It's Past and Present and the Bright
Outlook for the Future.
That portion Of our village known as
Esteyville lies in a southwesterly direction
from the town hall, and embraces all that
section west of Birge street that was for
merly known as the Dickinson pasture and
a part of the Rufus Clark farm. Soon aft
er the disastrous flood to the Estey Organ
works in the fall of 1869, the company
bought the Dickinson farm and the three
houses standing Just north of the shops.
A wooden house standing where No. s
shop now stands was torn down by j. Estey
IL Co. and moved to the place formerly
owned by E. A. Ladd, south of Fuller
park. The two brick houses were
moved just north of l.. E. Yeaws, and
are still owned by the company. All build
ings in the rear and around the large brick
house, formerly the Dickinson farm house,
have been built except the 70 little old
houses in the lane where Thomas Cain
now lives. The iron bridge and the roads
leading to it have all been built. The
bridge crossing the brook was just north
of Flelcher's awmill and was DESTROYED
by the flood
A WOODEN factory stood where the saw
mill now stands. The object of the com
q
to enlarge their business, to place them
selves beyond the reach of future damage
by water, and to open up another section
of the village for building, With a keen
eye for business they soon had the whole
farm surveyed into streets and building
lots for sale. The streets then laid out
were Estey, Chestnut, Cottage and Organ.
Cottage ran from Estey street south in
front of the house where f.. l.. Putnam
now lives, but was never built. Since then
| other new streets have been opened, name
| ly, Locust, Vine, Pleasant, Cherry and
| Southern avenue, with an extension of
| Organ and Cherry streets, and Advent
soon to be opened. In the spring of 1870
many of the wOrkmen of the organ shops
began building homes for themselves. d.
| A. Fay was the first to build and settle on
| Chestnut street in the l. of the house
were p. Fenton now lives. 1t was built
! by David Miller in three days, ready for
occupany n. r. Moran was the next to
| build on the same street, and is the oldest
| pioneer of Esteyville, followed by l.. A.
| Witt and Jason Atwater. The house
where f. l.. Putnam now lives was the
| first house begun; other houses followed
in rapid succession. While the work of
| building new shops and shaping things
there for business was going on Esteyville
had its birth and was named in honor of
the father and protector of this great
scheme. The name OF Jacob Estey will
ever be identified with the history OF Brat
tleboro. The large maple shade trees
standing on Chestnut street in front of l..
a. Wits and =. ). Chase's were set by
them in the spring OF 1871.
Esteyyille Mas settled by honest, indus
triouS, law-abiding citizens, and has kept
her good name untarnshed To date. Her
neatly kept homes and her tidy streets are
evidence that there are no drOnes among us
| and that we have an eye for business
with a strong hand to push. Our financial
mOdesty is great misfortune, but content
ment and good luck are ours 10 enjoy, and
they are proof against the art of modern
thieves, and free lis from the llattery of the
insurance agent and the torture of the tax
collector. EsteyVille has IS houses with l0G
families a population OF 424, with primary
schoolhouse in which is a basement for
holding religious meetings, sociables, etc.
This room is The heddq quarters for our en-
ergetc and thriving Artillery band. 1t
has large and cOmmOdiOus grounds cover
ed with shade trees, and from its grounds
one is able TO get view of all parts of the
village. Fuller park, with all its attractions,
is what We all so well appreciate. 1t was
the gift of eX-GOv. l.. X. Fuller and will
serve to perpetuate his memory to genera
tions yet to come. The Advents are soon
to build a church, and the day is not far
distant when we shall have a store which
will be hailed with delight. We have
many fine building lots which any man
with moderate means would do well to
look at if he has an idea of building for
himself a pleasant home in one of the
most healthful parts of our village. We
feel sure that if one looks at the induce.
ments that Esteyville gives with an impair
tal eye it will be to his good. When the
time comes to build the home for the old
ladies Of Brattlcboro we feel sure that we
have just the pl ace for such an institution
just west of the junction of Maple street
and the Clark road, near what is known as
l.. ID. Thayer's little red house.
The scenery surrounding Esteyville is
simply lovely, far beyond the writer's pen
to show. But We feel safe to make this
prophecy: that one half of the houses
built in this village by the aboring class OF
people Tor the next ten years will be west
and south OF the organ shops. Young
man, bear in mind this statement and keep
your eye on Esteyyille, for We are in it, in
the swim for success, the shore of eXpecta-
ton is just in sight, and the tide is bear
ing us in. The effect of our natural sur
roundings is power, now in the domain
of fact, not fancy. c.