Isaac C. Lewis - Block, 1888
MakerMade by
H. Wales Lines Company
American, 1864 - 1983
Date1888
MediumPhotography; albumen on paper in cardboard album covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/4 x 7 1/4in. (23.5 x 18.4cm)
Other (overall height x width): 11 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (29.2 x 21cm)
Other (overall height x width): 11 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (29.2 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
DescriptionPhotograph of the Isaac C. Lewis block in Meriden, Connecticut. Five story brick building with a decorative round tower and a square tower. Businesses shown in photo: J. C. Brown; Flanagan Dentist; Little, Somers, & Hyatt; and Meriden National Bank. There are utility poles in front of the building.
Object number2015.149.1.53
InscribedRecto, handwritten in black ink: "Isaac C. Lewis - Block 1888"Recto, handwritten in pencil: "Mr. Lewis Blk"NotesFrom: An Historic Record and Pictorial Description of the Town of Meriden, Connecticut: And Men who Have Made It... A Century of Meriden "The Silver City." (p. 354 )
“Isaac Chauncey Lewis (October 19, 1812-December 7, 1893) was the son of Isaac and Esther (Beaumont) Lewis. In 1841, he bought the Fordred farm, about a mile east of Meriden center, and built a factory to manufacture britannia (silverware). In 1850, he bought a larger factory in East Meriden and formed the firm of I. C. Lewis & Co with Daniel B. Wells. In 1852, the Meriden Britannia Co. was formed. In January 1866, he resigned from the presidency of the company.
He was president of the Meriden Trust and Safe Deposit Co., the Miller Brothers Cutlery Co., one of the directors of the Meriden National Bank, the Meriden Savings Bank, the Wilcox Silver Plate Co., the Meriden Silver Plate Co., the Manning & Bowman Co., Edward Miller & Co., and others.
He was elected representative to the legislature four terms, was justice of the peace three terms, a member of the Board of Relief and of the City Council, and alderman, and was mayor of the city from 1870-1872. He was at the head of the commission appointed in 1865, to build the water works, and in 1866, was appointed to the sewer commission."
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