Robertson's Steam Brewery (Linden Ave. corner of Franklin St., rear view . photo by Alphonse Tasquet) Around 1866, Henry B. Ogden sold his nearby hotel and built the brewery shown above. Five years later, it was known as Moiddletown Steam Brewery, operated by Coe Robertson , and by 1877 was run by William Burke and his wife Anna. It continued in use for a short time after that, and was converted to the hotel shown next. Hotel Waldo ( Linden Ave. corner of Franklin Street) In early 1883, Anna and William Burke, apparently the last operators of the brewery shown last month, purchased the property from the Thurber family of New York City for $3500. and immediately went to work enlarging and modifying the structure for hotel purposes. The new hote designed by Middletown architect S.H. Wilcox, was completed in February, 1884, and leased a month later by C.C. Veber who named it the Madison House after President Madison. Around 1905 the property was acquired by Waldo Sprague who changed the name to Hotel Waldo. The hotel was modernized to the appearance above shortly thereafter. Once one of Middletown's finer hotels, it eventually fell into disrepair and was closed March 21, 1962 for code violations.The building was demolished in April 1964.