Downtown Uxbridge – Brock Street, West

Above:  View of Wixan’s Bridge, the Lt. Col. Samuel Sharpe memorial and Post Office as seen today (2022).

History

Below is Brock Street W from a similar vantage point taken in the early 1900’s.  At the time this photo was taken the house was owned by Michael O’Neil a local blacksmith.  In the next photo you can see his blacksmith shop located just west of his home.

Both photos are courtesy of Uxbridge: The First 100 Years by: J. Peter Hvidsten.  (page 148 and 96)

Below is another similar view taken during the Santa Claus Parade in 1961.  The two houses in the background where torn down and replaced with the Post Office, Wixan’s Bridge and the parking lot.  The billboard is the approximate location of the Lt. Col. Samuel Sharpe memorial.

The above photo is courtesy of Uxbridge The Good Old Days, by: J. Peter Hvidsten (page 95)

Photos courtesy of

Uxbridge: The First 100 Years

Uxbridge The Good Old Days, by: J. Peter Hvidsten