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Waterbury’s 1926 Permits Covered Churches, Schools and a Savings Bank

A year-end tally lists $692,000 for one church, $673,000 in schools and 45 garage permits in June alone.

By the Monochrome Chronicles desk, from reports by La Verità
Edited by Daniel Varrone · Archive edition, written , about events of

File photo: the Scovill Manufacturing Company works in Waterbury, from an 1891 view.
File photo: the Scovill Manufacturing Company works in Waterbury, from an 1891 view.Photo: “US-CT(1891) p140 WATERBURY, SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY” by unknown, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Building permits issued in Waterbury in 1926 included three churches, La Verità reported on Jan. 1. The largest was Immaculate Conception near the Hotel Elton, put at about $692,000. The Second Congregational church sought $100,000 for an addition, and a new Italian church, Santa Lucia, was planned on Griggs Street.

Schools totaled $673,000, among them Bunker Hill High School, Waterbury Catholic High School and St. Joseph’s, a Polish school in Brooklyn. One bank took out a permit: the Dime Savings Bank, for $222,000, on North Main Street. June brought 45 garage permits, February was the busiest month for houses, and only one farm permit was requested.

On Jan. 8 the weekly cited the Chamber of Commerce: the city’s eight principal factories averaged about 18,259 workers a month in 1926, and Waterbury manufacturers paid about $20 million in dividends, with Scovill alone near $15 million.

Sources

  1. La Verità (Waterbury), Jan. 1, 1927: the 1926 building permits <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn95063190/1927-01-01/ed-1/?sp=1>
  2. La Verità (Waterbury), Jan. 8, 1927 (later source): Chamber of Commerce employment and dividend figures <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn95063190/1927-01-08/ed-1/?sp=1>

This article was drafted with automated tools from the sources listed, checked by a review pass, and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com

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