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Bishops Corner, West Hartford

Coordinates: 41°47′10″N 72°44′49″W / 41.786°N 72.747°W / 41.786; -72.747
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Bishops Corner
Bishops Corner (2021)
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LocationWest Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates41°47′10″N 72°44′49″W / 41.786°N 72.747°W / 41.786; -72.747
OwnerFirst National Reality Partners[1]
No. of stores and services45+

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

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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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An image of the Bishops Corner library and senior center
Bishops Corner Branch of the West Hartford Public Library and Senior Center

The Bishops Corner Branch Library opened in 1966.[6]





References

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  1. ^ Larson, Andrew (December 1, 2022). "West Hartford's Bishops Corner sells for $76M". Hartford Business Journal. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Murray, Jeff (October 5, 2023). "From the West Hartford Archives: Bishops Corner, Southwest Corner". we-ha.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Historic Sites Touring Guide". westhartfordlibraries.org. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Faude, Wilson H. West Hartford. Arcadia Publishing. p. 45-47. ISBN 0738534862.
  5. ^ a b Glanzer, Ted (January 19, 2014). "West Hartford History: When Did This Store Open?". Patch.
  6. ^ a b c Butterworth, Miriam; Grant, Ellsworth S.; Woodworth, Richard M. (September 2001). Celebrate!West Hartford. Celebrate West Hartford, LLC. ISBN 0971196206.
  7. ^ Brindley, Emily; Courant, Hartford (June 14, 2019). "Target Store at Bishops Corner will open this summer". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  8. ^ Walsh, Michael (November 1, 2023). "McDonald's closes its last remaining West Hartford restaurant in Bishops Corner". CT Insider. Retrieved March 2, 2024.