TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.

It took a bit of detective work to place the Bridge Tavern. One would assume that it was on Bridge Street in South Trenton, but research has found it listed at two different addresses. One lists it as being at Broad and Second Street (which it was) the clue was in the date of the photo, when the tavern was located on Bridge and Third Street, apparently having moved from the old Second Street address.

Tom:

Having gone to Skelton School, while Parker School was being built, and growing up in this area, I can only recall; Griffith Electric at the corner of "Broad & 2nd Street. Griffith occupied the "flat Iron Building used as a show room, and across 2nd street a warehouse/counter sales building.

Had to scratch my head to think where "Bridge & 3rd St. is, since Third street as I recall did not begin until somewhere around Federal St. and ran between Trenton State Prison, and the Railroad Tracks. It than went on to terminate at Lalor St.
This Photo reminds me of two (2) structures; both taverns. One at 2nd, and Furman,run by the Mazekas family, and the other at So. Broad, and Dye just past the Roebling Adm. Building.

Mike Kuzma

Saturday, November 24, 2012 

THANKS FOR YOUR ALWAYS INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS, MIKE. AS STATED IN MY CAPTION BELOW THE GRAPHIC, I FOUND TWO DIFFERENT ADDRESSES WITH TWO DIFFERENT DATES FOR THE BRIDGE CAFE; ONE ON SECOND STREET AND THE OTHER ON THIRD. A GOOGLE EARTH VIEW DOES INDEED CONFUSE, BUT I MUST GO WITH THE FORMAL ADDRESSES AS FOUND IN DIFFERENT TRENTON CITY DIRECTORIES AND NEWS CLIPS.

TOM 

urday, November 24, 2012

 

 SJBill said...

I think I remember this building at Bridge and Second St, though not sure. There are two remaining pieces of evidence in the old image that survive.

1. In the background, there may be the PRR high tension lines that have the same arc in existing images (seen in today's Bing Maps).

2. Int he foreground, across Bridge Stree, a telephone pole remains in the same position.

This Bridge Tavern looks to have been situated behind the firehouse that fronted on S. Broad, with a rear or side entrance on Bridge St.

THere was another Bridge Taveren on Lamberton St South of Lalor, and uip river from the Marine Terminal and sumbarine race course. In the 60s this place was owned by the Gendek family, and the structure, the Brewery and Krupa;s boat yard were demolished to make way for the new get-out-of-town route.

Sunday, November 25, 2012