The Sledding Hill - State and Main Southeast Corner

At this intersection, State Street takes a little jog to the left and continues as East State Street all the way uphill to the College Hall area I talked about earlier. The East State Street hill was popular for sledding in the winter.

On the south side of East State Street is an 1840s Federal-style building that you can also see in the sledding photo. The space has served as various types of eatery under various owners and names since 1937, and its big front window is said to provide the best view in town. In the street next to it there once stood a five-story brick structure called the Arch Building, because of the drive-through arch placed in the middle of it. If you can’t quite imagine a building sitting in the middle of a street, it’s featured in an old photo you can see inside City Hall that shows this part of State Street in the mid-1800s.