Then

This is a photo of Providence Street looking east from St. Mary's Church, taken around 920. From 1840 the north end of Putnam was called Rhodesville. The tenement house on the left held Massey's Clothing Store on the street level (currently the VFW Hall). The fourth building on the left (formerly Labonte-Mercik) housed the Canadian Athletic Club on the second floor. St. Jean the Baptist Hall, right, occupied the space where St. Mary's Circle of Fun is now held. The next building on the right burned as a result of an alleged and bizarre love triangle. Information from the Aspinock Historical Society.

 

& Now

This is the same area today.