Topics covered in future issues of Waterbury History magazine:
While the tentative schedule below may be revised or updated, here are the planned topics for upcoming issues of Waterbury History magazine, to help advertisers plan their ad placements and alert interested contributors who may want to submit articles for selected issues.
Fall 2024 (Premiere Issue):
– Anniversary of Waterbury’s Founding:
• The Beginnings Mattatuck Plantation in the 1670s
• 250th Anniversary in 1924 highlights Waterbury’s
development
• Waterbury’s Tercentennial events in 1974
– City Schools: Fifty years since Crosby closed its
downtown home
– Hall of Fame: Master builder/architect David Hoadley
– Industry and Innovation: Outlining the history of
Waterbury Brass Co.
– Sports/Recreation: Which school won the city’s
first CIAC basketball title?
Winter 2024:
– Iconic Tower: Waterbury’s Train Station
– Christmas Past: In Downtown Waterbury
– Sports/Recreation: Lakewood Park’s Early Years
– City Churches: St. John’s Episcopal on the Green
– Industry and Innovation: From Apothecaries Hall
to Hubbard-Hall; 175 years of history
– Hall of Fame: Hobart Victory Welton
Spring 2025:
– Cass Gilbert’s Influence: City Hall and other
downtown buildings
– A history of the Palace Theater
– City Schools: H.S. Chase Elementary School
– Industry and Innovation: The Waterbury Watch Co.
– Hall of Fame: Henry Sabin Chase
Summer 2025:
– The Flood of 1955
– Riverside Cemetery, a National Historic Site
– City Schools/Churches: The Immaculate Conception
– Sports and Recreation: Baseball’s early days in the city
– Industry and Innovation: Highway Development
– Hall of Fame: Sculptor George Edwin Bissell
Fall 2025:
– Sports and Recreation: Hamilton Park pavilion, now
home to Seven Angels Theatre, turns 100 years old
– Holy Land USA
– City Schools: St. Mary’s School
– Industry and Innovation: Howland-Hughes
– Hall of Fame: Timothy Porter
Winter 2025:
– The Naugatuck Valley Mall
– Silas Bronson Library
– Sports & Recreation: The opening of Kennedy High’s
gym ends the “Armory era” of scholastic basketball
– City Churches: St. Patrick’s
– Hall of Fame: City Engineer Robert Cairns
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