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Real Estate - Insurance 64 CENTRAL STREET
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LOWELL HISTORICAL
Realtors - Insurance G. I. LOAN CONSULTANTS
319 HILDRETH BUILDING, 45 MERRIMACK ST. TELEPHONES 8445-8446
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40 CENTRAL STREET, opp. MIDDLE STREET
Deluxe Long Distance Furniture Moving J. VINCENT MURPHY Tel. 8442
Phone Tur Fres Evilins.es See Page 80 Buyers' Guide
M MARDEN & MURPHY REAL ESTATE CERTIFIED PUBLIC APPRAISERS 40 CENTRAL STREET Diaf 8441 See Page 94 Buyers' Gulde
Gagnon's
DEPARTMENT STORE DIAL 8731
T. C. LEE & CO. General Insurance Agency 52 CENTRAL ST. TEL. 7216
F
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PROCTOR CO.
MIDDLESEX STREET
870417
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LOWELL CITY DIRECTORY (1946)
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LOWELL
INCORPORATED A CITY IN 1836
A Progressive Community
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SPACE
Conveniently located; substantially constructed; w ll-lighted properties ; small and large areas are now available and reason- ably rated.
WATER
For industrial processing, apparently of an unending quantity, the softness of which gives to it an unusual rating for manu- facturing purposes.
POWER
Electric, gas and water supplied at rates relatively lower than those of cities that are comparable.
TRANSPORTATION
Express, rapid freight and motor truck schedules afford frequent despatch throughout the day and night.
Successful manufacturing demands general workers who are well-schooled; craftsmen with technical knowledge; persons with disciplined minds and administrators with vision; to bring to profitable fruition any industrial promotion. Lowell prides her- self in the thought that she can supply these particular types.
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GENERAL INDEX
PAGE
Abbreviations
20
Alphabetical Section
21
Assessors
11
Association of North American Directory Publishers.
X
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
647
Bail Commissoners
12
Blocks, Buildings, Halls &c
655
Board of Health
11
Buildings and Halls
655
Buyers' Guide
644
Cemeteries
658
Churches
658
City Government
11
City Officers
11
City Statistical Review
8
Classified Business Directory
645
Clergymen
660
Clubs
662
Commissioners
12, 15
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
17
Constables
664 11
County Officers
15
Courts . 13,
16
Deputy Sheriffs
16
District Attorney
15
District Court
13
Fire Alarm Telegraph
12
Fire Department
12
Firemen's Fund Association
12 21
Halls and Public Buildings
655
Holidays
16
Homes and Asylums
680
Hospitals
680
House Directory
725
Index to Advertisements
4
Labor Organizations
687 16
Libraries .13, 16,
689
Masters in Chancery
16
Medical Examiner
16
Middlesex County Officers
15
Military
16
Newspapers
696
Park Commissioners
12
Parks
14
Parochial Schools
709
Playgrounds
15
Police Department
13
Police Relief Association
13
Post Office
16
Probate Court
16 13
Public Welfare Dept
11
Railroads
705
Register of Deeds
16
Schools 13, 709
16
Signal Boxes
12
Social Security Board
16
Societies
712
State Government
17
State Officers in Lowell
18
United States Civil Service Commissioners
16
United States Government
16
United States Internal Revenue 16
United States Officers 16
Vocational School 14
Water Department 12
opp
Councilors
General Directory
Legal Holidays
Public Library
Sheriff and Deputies
Street and Avenue Guide 725
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
PAGE
Achin & Cassidy
70
American Cleaning Company 23
American Floor Waxing Co 43
Anthony Henry S & Co 2
Archambault & Son .... back cover and 44
Atlantic States Warehouse & Cold Stor- age Corp 102
Bailey F & E & Co
right bottom lines and
38
Bailey James P Inc
85
Donohue Tire Co Inc
Barr Engraving Co.
. left side lines,
42 and
87
Bass Harry Inc .. right bottom lines and 106 Beaudry & Monette Inc.
Bellerose Edward J
17
right side lines and
40
60
Bergeron Albert .... left side lines and
Berry Leo J
32
Bissonnette Motors 2 Boland Richard M Inc. . left side lines and Bon Marche Inc The
43
right top and right bottom lines and 36 Boott Mills 34
Bourret Hardware & Paint Co 54
Bradshaw Business School Inc
right top lines and
99
Brady John
. right top lines and
Breen S D & Co
Brooks, Jordan & Graves
Brooks Machine Co
left top lines and
22
76
Burbeck Wm J Co .... left top lines and 77
Burlen Robert & Son ..
right top lines and
18
64
64
Byam Bros-Insurance
Caddell David F
Cantor & Company. . left top lines and Caswell & Dinneen Drs
Catherwood Robert & Sons
Cawley Coal Co .... right side lines and
Central Savings Bank The
Chamberland Philippe
Cherry & Webb Co. . left side lines and Church Fred. C. & Co ... left bottom lines and 64 9
City Institution for Savings
Clements Ralph H, O D.
84
80
Highland Cleaners & Dyers Inc right top lines and 23
Highland Laundry Co of Lowell. 69
Highland Towel Supply
103
Hogan J J & W A
71
Holland Farms .. right bottom lines and 77
Horne Fuel Company 83 Howard Fred .... left bottom lines and 38
Corbeil Joseph H
65
Howard Woodbury F
72
Humphrey R M Co .. .front cover,
right side lines and 91
Cote's Painting & Decorating Co 85 Hutchinson John A Jr .. Cover Grain & Feed Co Crown Finance Company 73 52 Crysler Company 78 left bottom lines and right bottom lines and 21 Industrial Credit Corporation of New England 73 Jay's Radio & Appliance Co left side lines and D & G Co 88 Delaney Private Nursing Home 90 Kelley T F Co Inc 72 right side lines and 82 Desrochers Manufacturing Company Inc 76 Diamond Taxi of Lowell Inc Kidder, Peabody & Co. right bottom lines and 20 Kimball System Inc The bottom edge and 101
right side lines and 103
PAGE
Dickerman & McQuade Inc
right bottom lines and
24
Dillon Dye Works Inc
left bottom lines and
23
Dion Service Station
5
Doherty John J & Co
Donahue & Donahue
left side lines and
17
70
Donaldson's
.left top lines and
87
5
Draper, Sears & Co
..
.back cover and
19
Dumas & Company .. left top lines and
89
Dunigan Coal Company
right bottom lines and
24
5
Dutton Street Tire Shop
Edwards & Monahan Co Inc
left top lines and 22
Elliott T H
.front cover, 61 and
93
42
Elliott's .... right top corner cards and
Enterprise Stores Inc
37
73
Excel Liquor Co .. right bottom lines and
F. S. G. Realty Corp.
94
88
Farrell & Conaton
39
40
Father John's Medicine Co Inc Favreau Venance J .... left side lines and Flemings F J Estate .. left bottom lines and 87
Foley Joseph J .. right bottom lines and 68 30
Freeman Coal Company .
Friend Lumber Co of Lowell Inc 75
35 Gage Daniel Inc.right side lines, 29 and 55 Gagnon Company The .. front cover and Giatos George D 94 2
Gilbert Perley F
Gilbert Radio Service 41 Gilet Carbonizing Company Inc 106
60
Goode Grain Co
52
Goodyear Service
6
Gookin Furniture Co
48
Gordon James L Sheet Metal Works.
100
Grasse Charles D A Jr ...
left bottom lines and
65
82
back cover, 61 and 93
Hart Raymond D
70
Harvey, Harvey & Walsh
70
Healey & Co Inc 106
right top corner cards and
Clermont Bros
Coburn C B Company left bottom lines. 54 and 86
Cogger P Co .. back cover, right top lines and 97 54
Cole's Inn Hotel
Conlon's John Liquor Co Inc 72
Cote Herve E 99
Cote Leo F 85
right top corner cards and 84 77 26 Greek-American The 7 33 36 Guyette Walter E & Co
25
64
PAGE
Monahan Edward L 71
Monazynski George W
88
Mongeau Leo R .... left bottom lines and
62
Mongeau Shoe Store
100
Montminy Joseph F Dr right top corner cards and 84 Morse Funeral Home. . right top lines and 46
left top lines and 31
Nesmith Motor Co .... left side lines and 4
New England Exterminating & Fumigat-
ing Co
42
Newton & Vincent
90
Neyman Furniture Co
left bottom lines and
49
Norcross & Leighton
left bottom lines and
62
O'Brien Daniel
J
& Son Insurance
Agency
.left top lines and
63
O'Connell & Welch
48
4
O'Heir A E Co
49
Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank The ..
right bottom lines and
10
Ouellette Leo J.
... right top lines and
45
Lowell Furniture Co
49
Lowell Gas Light Co left top and left side lines and 51
Lowell Glass Co Inc
left side lines and
50
Lowell Institution for Savings
right top lines and 11
Lowell Monument Co Inc The
right side lines and inside front cover Lowell Motor Sales Inc right bottom lines and 3
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co
57
Lowell Photo Studio
left top corner cards and
87
Lowell Provision Co Inc 76
Lowell Stationery Co Inc.
left side lines and
83
Lowell Sun Company .. inside back cover and alpha cards
Lowell Sunday Telegram 81
Lynch Wall Paper & Paint Co 86
Lyndonville Creamery Association .. 78
Macartney's Inc. . left bottom lines and 24 Mack W A Co 100 Mack William A & Sons. left top lines and 46
Mahoney Bros
Marden & Murphy
front cover,
right side lines, 80 and 94
Marion Louis & Son. . left side lines and 33
Markham Thomas J Agency 95
McCord's Drug Store Inc.
right top lines and 38
McDonough M H Sons. left side lines and 47 McGoohan Fuel Company left top lines and 29
McInerney Joseph C 65
McKenna James W Sons Inc. inside front cover and left bottom lines McKittrick Frank G W Co .. right top corner cards and 75
McNamara James F . . left side lines and 95 McQuade Daniel E 6 Merrimac Rug & Linoleum Co 43 Merrimack Mfg Co 42
Merrimack River Savings Bank
back bone and 12
Middlesex Co-operative Bank left side lines and 13 Middlesex County National Bank-Apple- ton Office ....... right top lines and Middlesex Machine Co
14
left bottom lines and 78 Middlesex Supply Co right top lines and 40
Middlesex Village Motor Co 4 Modern Roofing Co 96
5
PAGE
Knowlton & Newton Co Inc 99 Kuhn Studios The 105
L & L Transportation Co
right bottom lines and 104
Lahue W C Inc .....
.left top lines and
32
30
Lambert Maurice J Jr 65 6 Morse & Beals .. . right top lines and 43 Mullin Joseph Fuel Co.
Larry's Garage
Laurier Hotel Inc 37
Lee T C & Co.
. front cover and
56
Leggat William D .... left side lines and
95
L'Etoile
82
Lowell Buick Company
3
Lowell Chamber of Commerce
C
Lowell Commercial College
front edge, right side lines and
98
Lowell Co-operative Bank. back cover and
8
Lowell Cycle Shop 18
Lowell Electric Light Corporation The ..
opp inside back cover
Lowell Electrotype Foundry
41
O'Dea Dan Inc .... left bottom lines and
Palm Grain Co
52
Paradise Cab Service
102
Pearson Gardner W
71
Pease Motor Co
4
Percival John C & Co
left top lines, back cover and 92
Picard J George
32
Pierce Wesley D
89
Poirier Henry. . left top corner cards and
49
Pollard A G Co
right side lines and opp inside front cover Porter W E, OD
right top corner cards and
84
Preston Coal & Coke Co
31
Prince G C & Son Inc
right side lines and
83
Proctor Cook & Co
21
Proctor Wm P Co ..
... front cover and
74
Quinn John P ...... right top lines and
30
Quinn Stove & Appliance Co right side lines and 41
Regnier Convalescent Home right top corner cards and 34
Ricard's Inc .... right bottom lines and 68 Rice & Co Inc .... right side lines and Richards J M Co ..
67 41 78 48 71 66
Richardson G H.
47
Robertson Co The
Rogers & Sherburne
Rosengard A & Co.
Rourke Fred H Co. . back cover and Runels Chester M. . left bottom lines and Runels R E Construction Co right bottom lines and 33 75
Scott Jewelry Co. . right bottom lines and Selco Lounge & Chair Co
Sharkey Michael J .... left top lines and Silva Brothers. . 86 and
Slattery E F Agency 96 Słowey C H Insurance Agency 66
Smith A A & Company
left side lines and 105 Smith Motors of Lowell Inc
Snow Frederic A & Co. left top corner cards and 5
right top lines and 2
Soucy Joseph F Wire & Iron Works .... left top lines and 67
Spalding, Qua & Hall 72
Spenard's Chromium Furniture Inc 50 Standard Insulation Company 55 Sullivan Bros 89
Middlesex Paper Tube Co Inc 79 Sullivan D T Coal Co. . left side lines and 31 Talbot Mills. .left side lines and 79
Telegram Publishing Co The 81 Thompson Hardware Company The left side lines and 53
Russell Lumber Co. . left side lines and Saunders Funeral Home 47 68 105 63 96
27 95
Lajoie Coal Co Inc .... left top lines and Lamarine A S Motor Co Inc
3
6
PAGE
PAGE Traders and Mechanics Insurance Co . . 58 Whidden Graham R Insurance Agency back cover and 59 Tucker Paul E, OD right top corner cards and 84 Whitney Guy H 66
Wilder Grain Co Inc 52
Union National Bank of Lowell right side lines and 15 Wilson E A Co top edge and 28
Upton George H
66
Wojcik Frank & Son
34
Upton & Gilman Machine Co 76 Wood-Abbott Company left bottom lines and 69
Washington Savings Institution left side lines and 16
Weaver Frank L & Son
96
Weiner's Furriers Inc
50
Wright Trucking Inc
104
Yellow Cab Co
102
MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Direc- tories, presents to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1946 edtion of the Lowell City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Lowell's industry, population and wealth, and in the ad- vancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Lowell to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by rendering the best in Direc- tory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Lowell Direc- tory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
POPULATION The population of Lowell at the time the U. S. Census was taken in 1940 was 101,389.
FIVE MAJOR DEPARTMENTS The five major departments are arranged in the following order :--
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 8 to 18, on white paper, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials; post office, public schools; statistical review; historical sketch; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 643, on white paper. This is the only record in exis- tence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Lowell, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 644 and separately paged from 1 to 104, on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Lowell and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under head- ings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Lowell, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 645 to 721, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 725 to 924. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in un- biased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manu- facturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference. and serve as perpetual and reliable advertise- ments of Lowell.
THE LOWELL DIRECTORY LIBRARY
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Lowell City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, for limited free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive busi- ness and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
R. L. POLK & CO. Publishers.
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City Directory Statistical Review
Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted by Association of North American Directory Publishers
This information furnished through the courtesy of the Lowell Chamber of Commerce, ANDREW A. MCCARTHY, Manager
LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
"The City of Diversified Industries"
Form of Government: Plan E (P.R.) with City Manager.
Population: 101,389 (U. S. Census 1940).
Area: Fourteen and one-half square miles.
Altitude: 100 feet.
Assessed Valuation : $94,256,050.00.
White Population: Approximately 101,000.
Colored Population: Negligible.
Predominating Nationalities in City: American, Irish, French and Greek.
Parks: 55 with 297.4285 acres. Valued at $2,693,308.33.
City's Bonded Debt: $2,847,840.00.
Post Office Receipts: $624,796.00.
Telephones in Service: 21,798.
Church Buildings: Sixty-seven.
Building and Construction: Value of permits $211,432.00 with 342 permits issued including new buildings and alterations.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 250,000 people within Lowell's trading area. Hotels: There are four hotels with total of 234 rooms.
City Served by: Eastern Massachusetts busses, Boston and Maine and New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroads and many interstate bus lines.
Amusements: Memorial Auditorium seats 4,000 people. There are eight theatres, with a total seating capacity of approximately 11,000 people. Also an amusement enterprise, the Rex Amusement Centre, having a most complete equipment for physical development, as well as an auditorium with a seating capacity of 2,000.
Hospitals: Seven with 481 beds.
Education: Number of schools 33, including one high school and two voca- tional schools. Number of pupils 9,100. Total number of teachers 432. Value of public school property $4,604,540.00. There are approximately 8,200 pupils enrolled in the parochial schools.
Libraries: There are approximately 160,000 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage 227 with 160 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid 277.07, of sewers 156.38. Capacity of water works (muni- cipal) 38,920,000 gallons, daily average pump 6,000,000 gallons with 196.25 miles of mains.
Fire Department: Employs 176 men with eleven engines, four trucks, one pro- tective and eleven station houses. Value of fire department with prop- erty $687,300.
Police Department: Has 181 men with one fixed radio station, radio broad- casting system and eleven pieces of motor equipment.
Radio Station: Lowell is definitely established as a link in the chain of broad- casting stations in the country through WLLH "The Voice of the Merri- mack Valley", 1400 kilocycles. In addition to a modern and splendidly equipped station in Lowell the management also operates a transmitting studio in the nearby city of Lawrence.
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LOWELL
Incorporated a town March 1, 1826; a city in 1836; the third city incorporated in Massachusetts.
Lowell in the beginning of the 19th century was a village containing forty-five or fifty houses.
Lowell's natural advantages soon attracted artisans, as well as farmers. In 1796, the Pawtucket canal was built primarily for transportation purposes, but in 1820 it was har- nessed to furnish power to the textile mills beginning to flourish here. These cotton mills were built to supply cloth for the American trade, replacing that formerly imported from England.
In 1835 a steam railway was built, a necessity because of the growing importance of Lowell as a business center.
Lowell in Nation's History: Two Massachusetts governors resided here: General Benjamin F. Butler and Hon. Frederick T. Greenhalge. Among other Lowell citizens who have been pre-eminent in public affairs are Hon. Charles H. Allen, the first governor of Porto Rico and assistant secretary of Navy under President William Mckinley; Hon. Wil- liam A. Richardson, secretary in Grant's cabinet, Lucy Larcom, the poetess, and his Emin- ence William Cardinal O'Connell.
Education: Lowell's excellent school system and other educational advantages com- pare very favorably with other cities of its size in the country. There are enrolled in the public schools 9,100 children. The valuation of the public school property is $4,604,540.00. In private and parochial schools there are an additional 8,438 pupils, occupying property that is very valuable and richly endowed.
The Lowell High School: A modern building, splendidly equipped, giving training for further study in college, and normal and scientific schools. It has a very extensive commercial course and an equally important household arts course. A very beautiful auditorium, with a seating capacity of 2,000; two gymnasiums, one for boys and one for girls, supplemented by a large outdoor athletic field owned by the school alumni, permits dramatic and physical development. The school promotes a very successful athletic pro- gram and has a prize-winning band of seventy-five pieces.
Lowell's Public School System includes: Five Junior high schools, fourteen grammar schools, twenty-four primary schools, two mixed grade schools, sixteen kindergartens, one continuation school, one vocational school.
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