Haven's Store

Following is a small excerpt from Burlington Part of a Greater Cronicle by John E. Fogelberg:

" The center grocery store has been described at some length elsewhere. Since the incorporation of Burlington, it has been owned and operated by the following: George Gleason, Silas Cutler, Wimmiam Carter, George Tebbetts, Mathew Stevenson, Orrin Sanderson, William Fuller, Chales Dodge and finally Mrs. Dodge. That store shut up shop about 1940. Another long-time store was opened in Havenville about the time of the Civil War. It was run first by Charles Haven, then Jonas Haven and, finally Otis Haven, closing its doors about 1920. This little store stood across the road from the West School."

   From the older maps of Burlington it appears that this store, referred to as Haven's Store, was located on the land now occupied by St Malachy's Church on Bedford Street.