These buildings, at one time, were home to the offices of The Farmington Street Railway Company born of The Hartford Suburban Railway Company.The horse trolley service on HARTFORD, FARMINGTON & UNIONVILLE line began on September 9, 1893. Granted by the General Assembly, in 1894, The Hartford Suburban Railway Company coupled with Hartford Light and Power Company purchased or leased all horse railway and electric railway companies running within the Hartford city limits as well the suburbs. The directors of the Hartford Suburban Railway Company were David Henney of Unionville, Samuel Frisble of Farmington, Wilbur E. Goodwin of Elmwood, William F. Henney, W.R. Hard, WIlliam H. Goodrich, C.M. Henney, F.C. Rockwell of West Hartford H.H. Goodwin, J.H. Henney and P.H. Quinn. The Hartford Light & Power Company which provided the electric power to the trolley system was eventually absorbed by The Hartford Suburban Railway Company. The construction of the Farmington/Unionville line was completed by April 1, 1895. It started from “the terminus of the West Hartford Street Railway Company, ran through Farmington Ave past the reservoirs, by the old Elm Tree Inn in Farmington, and then by way of the Farmington River bridge to Unionville.” The tracks “deviate where necessary from the public roadway to avoid high grade”. The end of the line for the HARTFORD, FARMINGTON & UNIONVILLE line was at Mackney’s Corner (in front of Gramp’s Pharmacy). Today, the Santander Bank occupies that location. The trolley car did not need to turn around, but simply would reverse its path of travel. This expansion brought a “large volume of business into the city” of Hartford and furnished “a rapid and frequent means of communication with Hartford, going right by the doors of a large rural population contiguous to Hartford”. Suburban Park was built to entice city folks to go into the suburbs. This helped the trolley company to increase their evening as well as weekend ridership and also brought into Unionville potential buyers of new housing thus increasing suburban development. The offices located on the Suburban Park property were closed in February of 1897 upon the foreclosure of the property by Mr. John Parsons. The company eventually changed its name to Connecticut Company. By 1920s, the railway began cutting back on its service since the operation of cars and busses increased drastically and crowded the roadways. They moved their operations back into the Hartford’s city limits. The last trip to Unionville by the HARTFORD, FARMINGTON & UNIONVILLE trolley was made on June 8, 1933.