Norris Winslow
Norris M. Winslow (May 19, 1835 – May 10, 1900) was an American banker, merchant and politician based primarily in Watertown, New York, who built almost 100 buildings in the city. Early life and career Winslow was born on May 19, 1835, in Watertown, New York as the son of John Winslow and Betsey Collins Winslow. Winslow attended public schools in Fields Settlement, New York as a boy. He also studied at Falley Seminary and Watertown High School. He graduated in 1854, and became a clerk in a department store owned by Truman Keeler in Watertown, with a salary of $2 a week. After about two years working in the store, he purchased the stores stock and became a merchant. In 1866, he opened the Merchants' Bank of Watertown, which was incorporated as a stock company in April 1870, and he became CEO. In 1869, he purchased a cotton factory in Factory Square, and he began extensive improvements to the square. The Carthage, Watertown and Sackets Harbor Railroad began construction in 1872 with Winslow as a director. In 1873, he built the Winslow Block, a building in the Public Square in Watertown. The building was acquired by W. W. Taggart