This is village of Greenwich, then known as Union Village, in 1865.Period homes and businesses can be identified on the map.On the 1865 map, my family's home & my birthplace is shown as Dr. Corliss's mansion, at 12 Bridge St.Dr. Hiram Corliss was a prominant physician and abolitionist leader who used his home as a way station on the Underground Railroad for slaves fleeing to Cananda via the Battenkill River.The mansion has since been replaced by a modern home.
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