Sometimes the doors of history close on an era so quietly that hardly anyone notices. Such was the case on Dec. 16, 1950, when Charlottesville’s last recognizable livery stable was destroyed by fire.

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and into the early 20th century, the livery stable was an important and necessary institution in every city and town. The term “livery stable” dates from the ...

It’s amazing just how many things have changed in the past century. For hundreds of years people lived basically the same way: horse and buggy, subsistence farming, no electricity or indoor plumbing, ...

Frank J. Butler was going to maintain a livery stable come highwater or Henry Ford or the Dodge Brothers. And he did until 1931, claiming to be the last of its kind in New England, if not the ...

John Crass (in white shirt) stands near a helper, each holding two horses at a livery stable at 214 West Fourth St. in Vancouver. Besides horse and buggy rentals, livery stables were often a sort of ...

Mayor Brown, West Side Neighboring Housing Services and Savarino Companies marked the beginning of a new era on Jersey Street as they broke ground at the White’s Livery Apartment project, a building ...

April 6 marks the 119th anniversary of the Palace Livery Stable Fire in the heart of Westminster. The blaze broke out beside the Westminster Fire and Hose Co. No.1, which was located at 66 E. Main St.

With the future of the historic Gaston Livery Stable in question more than 10 years ago, there was no time to stall. A group of preservation-minded community members bought the landmark red-brick ...

The Gaston Livery Stable is now on the City of Aiken Historic Register as a landmark property. Aiken City Council unanimously approved the second reading to place the historic site on the register at ...

For the first instalment in a new series, John Fordham explains why Livery Stable Blues was the fanfare for a revolution The world first heard about a strange new music called "jazz" in 1917. Although ...

Sometimes the doors of history close on an era so quietly that hardly anyone notices. Such was the case on Dec. 16, 1950, when Charlottesville’s last recognizable livery stable was destroyed by fire.