The old Stamford House hotel on Main Street was originally named the
Stage House in the days of the stagecoach. It was built at the end of
the eighteenth century as a private residence, and it opened as a hotel
in the early 1800's. The Stamford House was one of the leading hotels
during the 1800's.

The Stamford House was located on East Main Street at the corner of
Stage Street on the block between the canal (later Canal Street) and
Pacific Street. Main Street near Atlantic Square was the hub of
downtown Stamford in the 19th century. Main Street was also known as
the Connecticut Turnpike and was part of the Boston Post Road which
connected the major ports of the northeast.
The above text is from a record group which The Stamford Historical Society maintains in its Research Library, The Stamford House Register (1865-1869) – RG15, and which contains quite a bit of ancillary information. There is also a page in Picturesque Stamford 1892, Hotels. The pole in the center front of the above photo advertizes that the hotel maintained a barber shop. It also had a cobbler, a tailor and a hat shop.
The hotel was razed in 1916, but the guests moved right into the just completed Davenport Hotel on West Park Place. Later, as Urban Renewal photos show, the Davenport had been renamed Stamford House.
A Promotional Description of the Stamford House Hotel, undated.

Urban Renewal Map – Stage Street can be found at Block 25, from Main to Canal streets; it's now "underneath" the Stamford Town Center. A recent Photo Selection of the Month, Postcards: Hotels in Stamford, March 2009.
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