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I'm looking all over and can't find specific info on the history of the easternmost Watertown Arsenal buildings. Specifically I'm interested in the Home Depot/Ann & Hope building, but also the Miller's Ale House building and the others in the mall. What went on in these during the Arsenal days? In my earliest memory of them they were simply empty and derelict.
Anyone know a source for the story of the Home Depot building at least?
It's a start. It shows the 37-year window in which the Home Depot structure was built, but with only a general description of what went on at the Arsenal in this period. The Arsenal on the Charles complex doesn't really talk about this part of the site in their historic info because it's not part of that 2000s redevelopment.
Thank you for the links. Unfortunately none addresses my inquiry.
I'm looking for the specific function of and activities carried out within the building that now contains Home Depot and Golfsmith, second-to-easternmost of the complex (I'm interested in the next one east, too, but less so). Most coverage of the complex covers the older parts at the center of the arsenal.
This building is enormous, and according to the Arsenal on the Charles web site, was built between 1890 and 1928. I go there several times a week and contemplate the stubs of steel amid the lawn chairs and the ball valves and the grout.
I'll go to the Watertown library one day soon, but I've been pressed for time so I am asking around for the moment.
I remember climbing around that building and walking on the flat section between the buildings, there were trucks stored there at the time. Circa 1980.
Last edited by Mr. Joshua; 08-09-2016 at 07:26 AM..
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