Blickensderfer, William Jacob Davenport, Adelaide Hutchings Davenport, Harriet Grant Chesebrough Dewing, Clark Leonard Dewing, Hiram Duffy, Edward Gildemeister, Clara Parsons Hanrahan, John T. Hoit, Edward B. Hoyt, Joseph Blachley Jones, Cortland Mead Lathrop, The Reverend Edward Lockwood, Judge Charles Davenport Machlett, Raymond R. Palmer, Delos Peters, The Reverend Cyril S. Quintard, Elizabeth Quintard, Mary “Polly” Selleck, Charlotte Gregory Selleck, George Selleck, Harriet Banks Selleck, James Weed Selleck, Captain William Studwell, Theodore Towne, Frederick Tallmadge Waterbury, Captain Marcus Wilensky, Julius Morris Introduction

The Stamford Historical Society Presents

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Portraits from the Society's Collection
April through September 2009

Edward B. Hoit (1847–1935)

Oil on canvas Artist unknown 2001.20 Gift of The Reverend Stuart C. Brush

E. B. Hoit was the proprietor of a meat business located on Erskine Road on the family farm (which was later owned by boxing champion Gene Tunney.) That business was sold circa 1885 to L. B. Deforest and remained in Long Ridge Village until about 1925.

Upon the sale of his business, Mr. Hoit went to Stamford where several years later he established the Grand Central Market in a four story brick building at 200 Main Street.

Edward B. Hoit was the son of John Lee Count Hoit and Rebecca Ann Brush of Greenwich. He and his wife, Adelaide V. Bowen, had two adopted children, who were children of Anna B. Wood and Edward Dolsen.

E.B.Hoyt in Long Ridge
The E.B. Hoit Company Grand Central Market in 1913

Image © Stamford Historical Society