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Sometimes Binghamton is referred to as the 'Parlor City,' a name that goes back to the 19th century. Binghamton had massive mansions with huge parlors where people would gather and spend time together. There were so many fancy parlors that people started calling Binghamton the 'Parlor City.' 981thehawk.com



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  • 1854 - Binghampton
    Binghampton, a post-village in Chenango township, and capital of Broom county, New York, at the junction of the Chenango and Susquehanna rivers, where the former is crossed by the New York and Erie railroad, 225 miles from New York city. It is handsomely laid out, and contains 3 or 4 news paper...Read MORE...


  • News 1870 - THE INEBRIATE ASYLUM FIRE. THE REAR BUILDING BURNED - THE MAIN EDIFICE UNINJURED - LOSS $75,000 - SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
    From the Binghamton Republican, March 5.
    At between 11 and 12 o'clock last night, a fire caught in the rear of the New York State Inebriate Asylum, and in three quarters of an hour the entire rear building - directly connected with the main building, but not part of it - was wholly destroyed. By...Read MORE...


  • News 1871 - January 3 - Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY

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  • Binghamton, New York, USA
    Court Street looking East, Binghamton, N.Y.
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    1890's ad
    Dr. Kilmer & Co.
    Binghamton, New York
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  • News 1892 - Train Wreck
    Binghamton Fatal Railroad Accident

    One man was killed and six others were seriously injured in a wreck which occurred on the Erie Railway, about a mile west of this city, October 6. A crew was engaged in switching cars in the west end of the company's yards, when the engine was derailed. A...Read MORE...


  • 1895 - Binghamton
    Binghamton, a thriving city, the capital of Broome co., N.Y., is pleasantly situated on the Susquehanna River, where it is joined by its Chenango tributary, and on the Erie Railroad, 215 miles N.W. of New York, 59 miles E. of Elmira, and 80 miles S. by E. from Syracuse. It is the southern terminus...Read MORE...


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    Front Street, Binghamton, N.Y.
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    Court House Square
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    Washington Street
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    Central Fire Station, 1906
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    Casino Park, 1907
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    Court Street, looking East, 1907
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    Lady Jane Grey School, 1907
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    City Hospital, 1907
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    Busy Day, Ross Park, 1907
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    Cor. Court & Washington Streets, 1908
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    Crow Bar Hotel
    Free Board to Guests
    Visitors seldom admitted for less than Thirty Days
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    D.L. & W. Depot, Kilmers Building and Viaduct, 1908
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    Tabernacle, M.E. Church
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  • News 1910 - INJURIES PROVED FATAL Howard R. Whaley, D., L. & W. Fireman Died at Hospital of the Good Shepherd.
    HOWARD R. WHALEY, 23 years old, of 507 South Wilbur avenue, died at the Hospital of the Good Shepherd at [illegible] o'clock this morning of injuries received by falling from an engine in the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad yards at Binghamton on Monday. Whaley, who was employed by the...Read MORE...


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    Corner Chenango and Court Sts.
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    Kilmer Swam Root Building
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    Lackawanna Station
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    Binghamton Savings Bank Building
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    First Baptist Church
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    Binghamton's Community Hotel, Hotel Bennett
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  • News 1913 - 50 GIRLS DIE AS FACTORY IS BURNED. SCORE MORTALLY HURT IN HOSPITALS. DIG RUINS FOR BODIES. WHEN ALARM RUNG THOUGHT IT FIRE DRILL; BURNING WALLS COLLAPSE.
    VICTIMS HURLED TO DEATH WHILE SPECTATORS ARE HELPLESS - PITIFUL SCENES AS RELATIVES SEEK LOVED ONES.

    Binghamton, N. Y., July 23 - Thousands came from surrounding towns and villages today and watched the grewsome work of searching for bodies in the ruins of the factory fire, the biggest disaster...Read MORE...


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    Bird's Eye View of Binghamton, N.Y., looking east, 1913
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    New Crandall Hotel, 1914
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    Post Office, 1914
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  • 1916
    Binghamton, a city, the capital of Broome co., N.T., is pleasantly situated on the Susquehanna River where it is joined by the Chenango, and is on the Erie, the Lackawanna and the Delaware and Hudson Rs.. 215 miles NW. of New York and 80 miles S. by E. of Syracuse. It is the seat of several...Read MORE...


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    Hills, McLean & Haskins Store, 1918
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    Corner of Chenango and Warren St.
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    Rockbottom Bridge
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    Chenango St., Looking North By Night, Binghamton, New York
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  • 1924 - Binghamton
    The township of Binghamton lies in the southen tier of Broome county, and was originally included in the territory now known as Dickinson, with some small part of the present city limits. The records show that an act was passed by the board of supervisors of Broome county on the 3d of December,...Read MORE...


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    Home Office of Security Mutual Life Insurance Company
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    Y.W.C.A.
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  • News 1933 - 14 KILLED, 100 HURT AS ERIE MILK TRAIN SMASHES REAR OF TRAIN NO. 8 AT BINGHAMTON.
    FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND RAILROAD OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE FIRST ERIE WRECK CLAIMING LIVES IN YEARS - WOODRUFF DECLARES ENGINEER KING OF FREIGHT ADMITS KNOWING TRACK NOT CLEAR - WOODEN COACH SMASHED.

    Binghamton, Sept. 6 (AP) - Fourteen persons were killed and more than 100 injured on the eastern...Read MORE...


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    Fraternity Row, Washington Street
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  • News 1941 - THREE DIE IN PLANE CRASH.
    Binghamton, N.Y. - DAN McNALLY, a Baltimore evangelist, his wife and four-year-old daughter, KITTY were killed when their private airplane crashed at Tri-Cities airport and burst into flames on a takeoff.
    Coroner S. C. McManis said the plane lost speed and nosed down at the end of the runway. The...Read MORE...


  • 1949 - December 1 - WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting

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  • 1972 - Hurricane Agnes
    "In June 1972, Hurricane Agnes hit the East Coast with a monstrous and devastating force, bringing a deluge across multiple states and slamming four counties in the Southern Tier: Steuben, Chemung, Tioga, and Broome. Dozens died and property damage ran into the millions as Corning, Elmira, Owego,...Read MORE...




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Front Street, Binghamton, N.Y.

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Court House Square

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Washington Street

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Central Fire Station, 1906

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Casino Park, 1907

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Court Street, looking East, 1907

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Lady Jane Grey School, 1907

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City Hospital, 1907

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Busy Day, Ross Park, 1907

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Cor. Court & Washington Streets, 1908

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Crow Bar Hotel
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D.L. & W. Depot, Kilmers Building and Viaduct, 1908

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Tabernacle, M.E. Church

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Corner Chenango and Court Sts.

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Kilmer Swam Root Building

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Lackawanna Station

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Binghamton Savings Bank Building

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First Baptist Church

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Binghamton's Community Hotel, Hotel Bennett

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Bird's Eye View of Binghamton, N.Y., looking east, 1913

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New Crandall Hotel, 1914

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Post Office, 1914

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Hills, McLean & Haskins Store, 1918

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Chenango St., Looking North By Night, Binghamton, New York

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Corner of Chenango and Warren St.

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Rockbottom Bridge

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Home Office of Security Mutual Life Insurance Company

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Fraternity Row, Washington Street

History, News and Stories of Binghamton, New York, USA

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  • 1854 - Binghampton
    Binghampton, a post-village in Chenango township, and capital of Broom county, New York, at the junction of the Chenango and Susquehanna rivers, where the former is crossed by the New York and Erie railroad, 225 miles from New York city. It is handsomely laid out, and contains 3 or 4 news paper... Read MORE...

  • News  1870 - THE INEBRIATE ASYLUM FIRE. THE REAR BUILDING BURNED - THE MAIN EDIFICE UNINJURED - LOSS $75,000 - SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
    From the Binghamton Republican, March 5.
    At between 11 and 12 o'clock last night, a fire caught in the rear of the New York State Inebriate Asylum, and in three quarters of an hour the entire rear building - directly connected with the main building, but not part of it - was wholly destroyed. By... Read MORE...

  • News  1871 - January 3 - Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY

    historyorb.com
    January 3, 1871
  • News  1892 - Train Wreck
    Binghamton Fatal Railroad Accident

    One man was killed and six others were seriously injured in a wreck which occurred on the Erie Railway, about a mile west of this city, October 6. A crew was engaged in switching cars in the west end of the company's yards, when the engine was derailed. A... Read MORE...

  • 1895 - Binghamton
    Binghamton, a thriving city, the capital of Broome co., N.Y., is pleasantly situated on the Susquehanna River, where it is joined by its Chenango tributary, and on the Erie Railroad, 215 miles N.W. of New York, 59 miles E. of Elmira, and 80 miles S. by E. from Syracuse. It is the southern terminus... Read MORE...

  • Binghamton, Now & Then
  • News  1910 - INJURIES PROVED FATAL Howard R. Whaley, D., L. & W. Fireman Died at Hospital of the Good Shepherd.
    HOWARD R. WHALEY, 23 years old, of 507 South Wilbur avenue, died at the Hospital of the Good Shepherd at [illegible] o'clock this morning of injuries received by falling from an engine in the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad yards at Binghamton on Monday. Whaley, who was employed by the... Read MORE...

  • News  1913 - 50 GIRLS DIE AS FACTORY IS BURNED. SCORE MORTALLY HURT IN HOSPITALS. DIG RUINS FOR BODIES. WHEN ALARM RUNG THOUGHT IT FIRE DRILL; BURNING WALLS COLLAPSE.
    VICTIMS HURLED TO DEATH WHILE SPECTATORS ARE HELPLESS - PITIFUL SCENES AS RELATIVES SEEK LOVED ONES.

    Binghamton, N. Y., July 23 - Thousands came from surrounding towns and villages today and watched the grewsome work of searching for bodies in the ruins of the factory fire, the biggest disaster... Read MORE...

  • 1916
    Binghamton, a city, the capital of Broome co., N.T., is pleasantly situated on the Susquehanna River where it is joined by the Chenango, and is on the Erie, the Lackawanna and the Delaware and Hudson Rs.. 215 miles NW. of New York and 80 miles S. by E. of Syracuse. It is the seat of several... Read MORE...

  • 1924 - Binghamton
    The township of Binghamton lies in the southen tier of Broome county, and was originally included in the territory now known as Dickinson, with some small part of the present city limits. The records show that an act was passed by the board of supervisors of Broome county on the 3d of December,... Read MORE...

  • News  1933 - 14 KILLED, 100 HURT AS ERIE MILK TRAIN SMASHES REAR OF TRAIN NO. 8 AT BINGHAMTON.
    FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY AND RAILROAD OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE FIRST ERIE WRECK CLAIMING LIVES IN YEARS - WOODRUFF DECLARES ENGINEER KING OF FREIGHT ADMITS KNOWING TRACK NOT CLEAR - WOODEN COACH SMASHED.

    Binghamton, Sept. 6 (AP) - Fourteen persons were killed and more than 100 injured on the eastern... Read MORE...

  • News  1941 - THREE DIE IN PLANE CRASH.
    Binghamton, N.Y. - DAN McNALLY, a Baltimore evangelist, his wife and four-year-old daughter, KITTY were killed when their private airplane crashed at Tri-Cities airport and burst into flames on a takeoff.
    Coroner S. C. McManis said the plane lost speed and nosed down at the end of the runway. The... Read MORE...

  • 1949 - December 1 - WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting

    historyorb.com
  • 1972 - Hurricane Agnes
    "In June 1972, Hurricane Agnes hit the East Coast with a monstrous and devastating force, bringing a deluge across multiple states and slamming four counties in the Southern Tier: Steuben, Chemung, Tioga, and Broome. Dozens died and property damage ran into the millions as Corning, Elmira, Owego,... Read MORE...


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