At 118 Elliot Street
118 Elliot is a modern, multipurpose environment for the creative arts, educational talks, and personal events for up to 220 people. We are a fully ADA accessible space in the heart of downtown Brattleboro. This unique, flexible space has a 2000 sq ft main room and a smaller conference room or backstage which allows for easy transitions between public gatherings to smaller social events. Parking in back can be transformed to a large and private outdoor area with a forest garden for warm weather events.
Before 118 Elliot was a thriving arts and educational center, it was the old S**c n Span Laundromat that was used for 25 years or so until it fell into disrepair. 118’s been collecting some stories from people who used that laundromat over the years which we will present on these pages at a later date. If you have a story, please email us at [email protected] and we can include it.
But long, long before that, in the late 1800s, it was the site of the Lawrence Water Cure, erected just across from the Wesselhoef Water Cure located just across the street at the current site of the Brattleboro Fire Department. The water cures helped put Brattleboro on the map as a bucolic, therapeutic destination for the well-heeled seeking respite from the horrors of city life during the noxious full tilt of the industrial revolution. These photos were taken from the Brattleboro Historical Society’s fine collections on the water cures and their role in creating the deep currents that to this day make Brattleboro so special. While the water cures may be gone, the waters remain—the confluence of the Connecticut River, the Whetstone Brook and the West River, all watched over by big grandad Mount Wantastiquet (rattlesnake mountain) the meeting of the waters that since aboriginal times have made this site unique.
