There seems to be the faintest outline of a mountain ridge in the back-ground. This would be the same view of a barn that burned down in that... Show moreThere seems to be the faintest outline of a mountain ridge in the back-ground. This would be the same view of a barn that burned down in that vicinity in 1902. It was located near where. The Avon Post Office is to-day. Perhaps the date of 1900 is incorrect. A photograph in the O’Neill collection in the Avon Free Public Library has handwritten on the back “Across the street are the foundations of old tobacco warehouse burnt down 1902.” Perhaps the date on this handwritten note is incorrect also. Captioned by Nora Howard, Avon Town Historian, Summer 2020. Sources: as noted and from online sources such as ancestry.com; the US Census, wikipedia, and pertinent websites. Also see Nora Howard’s essay on the Hadsell Family (also posted on Ct. Digital Archive). If you are inter-ested in conducting more research, be sure to see the collections of the Avon Free Public Library Marian Hunter History Room. These captions were completed the summer of 2020 (except as not-ed) and the library was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Show less