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The center of Hampton, looking north along Route One/Lafayette Road from the area of the Odd Fellows Building and Depot Square. The four large buildings shown here are still there 100 years later.

Construction of the railroad overpass, 1900, looking west down Exeter Road from the intersection in the center of town. Some buildings have already been moved. Thomas N. Chase's store and a pool hall at left became Colt News Store after it was moved,…

Two Exeter Road businesses relocated by the railroad overpass construction, c. 1899. The John A. Towle building (right) was home to John W. Mason's dry goods store from 1875 to 1889, and the Edward B. Towle store from 1890 until the building was…

Buildings on south side of Exeter Road, Hampton center, before 1900. The railroad crossing can be seen at right. When the overpass was built these buildings were all moved. The large Shaw Block at left was moved to 471 Lafayette Road, on the corner…

The town pump on Exeter Road, before 1900, in front of what is now Lamie's. This popular horse-watering spot is being used by contractor Harry Brown (left) and Dr. Marvin Smith. The Howard G. Lane house at left was moved to 8 Dearborn Avenue when the…

The center of town, looking west down Exeter Road, before 1900. In 1900 an overpass was built over the railroad crossing seen in the picture, and it remains so to this day. Most of the buildings on the left were moved including, from left, the Howard…

The Hampton railway station and Depot Square (now Marellia Square), seen from the Odd Fellows Building, early 1900s. The station was built in 1900 when the Exeter Road overpass was constructed. Passenger service ended in 1965; the site has since been…

Lamie's Lunch, 1920s. Albert Lamie opened this restaurant in the Cogger Block, on the corner of Route One and Depot Square, in 1925. In 1931 he relocated to the old E. Warren Lane homestead on the north corner of Lafayette and Exeter Roads, where…

The Cogger Block buildings, 1923, with Buck's Variety Store at the corner of Depot Square. Buck's was owned by Charles P. Buck and went out of business in 1924. He also dealt in real estate from this location. This location later became the first…

A view from the railroad bridge of Depot Square, the train station and the Odd Fellows Building, early 1900s. The latter was built in 1895 and burned in 1990. Its clock tower was added in 1898. Train tracks stretch away to the south.