Tower has new windows installed on lower two floors, while broken windows remain elsewhere. Sign reads: "Eighteen Fair Street, Construction by J.A. Nash Co. Inc. Builders"
Looking down from foundry building west onto basement foundations, the town houses were built in the same footprint that the foundry's outbuildings had once been.
This pre-construction photograph shows the overgrowth of the backyard and West facing facade of building and tower. The buildings on the foundry lot were built between 1872 and 1910.
"Artisans in Metal" is painted on tower's South facing wall.
The original foundry building was erected in 1857 as I.S. Spencer & Sons Foundry. For the latter part of it's foundry life, the building took the name Ferrocast, before closing its doors in 1981.
John Petzel Sr. and Joe Slovinski demonstrating the Sweitzer-Line Fully Automatic Indexing Pallet Line from Sweitzer Foundry Equipment (division of I.S. Spencer's Sons Inc.) located at 20 Fair Street c. 1930s
Melissa Jones, teacher at the the North Guilford School, 1931 to 1949. According to a Shoreline Times article, Miss Jones never missed a single day of school. A new elementary school built in 1953 to replace the rural two-room schoolhouse, was named in her honor.
Marilla Bishop Spencer (Mrs. Frederick C.) rides her bicycle on State Street, circa 1900. The fence, seen behind Mrs. Spencer, was removed in 1912. At the right is a one-story house, 15 State Street, before it was made into a two-story building. The small building beyond was a shop owned and operated by Mrs. Bristol's father, Samuel Dolph.
