Bishops Corner, West Hartford
 Bishops Corner (2021) | |
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| Location | West Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°47′10″N 72°44′49″W / 41.786°N 72.747°W |
| Owner | First National Reality Partners[1] |
| No. of stores and services | 45+ |
Bishops Corner is retail location in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the crossroads of Albany Avenue (U.S. Route 44) and North Main Street.
History
[edit]The area, which was named for tobacco farmer Joseph Bishop, who lived in the area, became a business center after 1797 because of the busy Talcott Mountain Turnpike (now U.S. Route 44). A tavern also became the location of West Hartford's first post office here in 1820.[2][3]
A popular local restaurant/dairy bar named Dutchland Farms was located at the site where[4] development began on a Lord & Taylor department store in 1953, which opened in April of 1954.[5][4] It was the first Lord & Taylor store outside of the New York metropolitan area.[6] This store anchored the first of the four strip plazas located on each corner of the intersection.[5] That store closed in 1974 when it moved to Westfarms. It was then home to a Caldor store.[4]
The Crown Supermarket, which opened at Bishops Corner in 1968, was voted number 1 in 1981 by the Progressive Grocer magazine in its size and category (independently owned grocery store).[6]
A small-format Target store that currently anchors Bishops Corner opened in 2019.[7]
In 2023, the last McDonald's in West Hartford was closed in Bishops Corner.[8]
Public Library
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The Bishops Corner Branch Library opened in 1966.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Larson, Andrew (December 1, 2022). "West Hartford's Bishops Corner sells for $76M". Hartford Business Journal. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Murray, Jeff (October 5, 2023). "From the West Hartford Archives: Bishops Corner, Southwest Corner". we-ha.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "Historic Sites Touring Guide". westhartfordlibraries.org. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c Faude, Wilson H. West Hartford. Arcadia Publishing. p. 45-47. ISBN 0738534862.
- ^ a b Glanzer, Ted (January 19, 2014). "West Hartford History: When Did This Store Open?". Patch.
- ^ a b c Butterworth, Miriam; Grant, Ellsworth S.; Woodworth, Richard M. (September 2001). Celebrate!West Hartford. Celebrate West Hartford, LLC. ISBN 0971196206.
- ^ Brindley, Emily; Courant, Hartford (June 14, 2019). "Target Store at Bishops Corner will open this summer". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Walsh, Michael (November 1, 2023). "McDonald's closes its last remaining West Hartford restaurant in Bishops Corner". CT Insider. Retrieved March 2, 2024.