t one drive bond purchasers' reward for their patriotism was the opportunity to write their names on the fuselage of a Navy Wildcat fighter plane placed on the green specially for the event. In 1902 the elegant Beaux Arts-style Hotel Elton, now an assisted-living facility, opened its doors on the north side of the green. It became a widely known landmark.

	Soldiers' Memorial Monument on the Waterbury Green, black-and-white photograph, 1901. Courtesy of the Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut.   >>Get More Info

  Among the most distinctive features preserved here today are the Welton horse fountain at the east end of the green, the Waterbury clock, and at the west end the Soldiers Monument crowned by a bronze Winged Victory.