The Changing Face of Downtown Bennington

A Bennington Historical Society Presentation

Note: This is a rebroadcast of a 2015 presentation.

Local history buff, Ted Bird’s lively presentation of “The Changing Face of Downtown Bennington” was recorded at the Bennington Historical Society’s March 2015 meeting at the Bennington Museum. Over the years fires and floods, the tearing down of buildings in the name of progress have changed this New England town. Ted Bird had a photography shop on Main Street for many years and he has taken pictures of the changes from the 60s through today. The 230 slide presentation showed pictures of buildings that lined Main, South and North Streets over the years.

For some older images of historic downtown Bennington, visit Across the Street.

The Bennington Historical Society is a volunteer-run program of Bennington Museum. The BHS offers its programs at no charge. Please consider supporting the efforts of the BHS to share the history of our region by making a donation.

To participate in this program, first watch the recording of the original presentation. You can do this at any time and do not have to wait until the official program time. Below the video, you will see a button inviting you to join a Zoom discussion. The Zoom discussion will open at 2:45PM on Sunday January 17th.