787 Chapel

Today, a visit to 787 Chapel Street reveals a fenced-in lot owned but not yet developed by 360 State Street, Inc. the company that also owns an adjacent high-rise apartment building of the same name. This address is of interest because, for a time at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries, it was home to portrait photographer G.E. Rogers. The Rogers logo and address was proliferated throughout the city during this time and thereafter emblazoned on the calling card prints produced by the shop.

Other tenants to occupy this address include Dentist Alexander C. Eberle(1), The National Cash Register Co.(2), and the headquarters of the New Having Awning Works company (3). This address was part of a commercial hub that from 1915 through 1968 was anchored by the notable Shartenberg’s department store. (4)

In 1968, Urban Renewal funding inspired the block's transformation into a parking lot, as it stayed until the land was acquired to develop 360 State in 2008. (5)

(1) Price & Leeʹs New Haven (New Haven County, Conn.) City Directory - 1899

(2) Ibid.

(3) Leading Business Men of New Haven County: And a Historical Review of the Principal Cities Front Cover Mercantile Publishing Company, 1887

(4) walknewhaven.org

(5)Ibid.