The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955, Part 1

Author:
Publication date: 1789
Publisher: Boston : Sampson & Murdock company
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USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Allston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
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USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Roxbury > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > South Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
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USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Allston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
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USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Charlestown > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Dorchester > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > East Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Hyde Park > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Jamaica Plain > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Readville > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Roslindale > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > Roxbury > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > South Boston > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1
USA > Massachusetts > Suffolk County > West Roxbury > The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955 > Part 1

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Reproduction of The Title Page of the First Boston City Directory.

THE

Bofton Directory.

CONTAINING,

A Lift of the MERCHANTS, MECHANICS, TRADERS, and others, of the Town of BOSTON ; in Order to enable Strangers to find the Refidence of any Perfon.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

Publick OFFICES, where, and by whom kept. Barrifters and Attorneys at LAW, and where Refiding. PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, and their places of Abode, Prefident, Directors, days and hours of Bufinefs at the BANK, Names and places of Abode of all the Engine-men.

Illustrated with a PLAN of the Town of BOSTON.

B O TON: Printed and fold by JOHN NORMAN, at Oliver's-Dock.

1789.

The above is a reproduction of the Title Page of the first Boston Directory printed One Hundred and Sixty-six years ago.

The Boston City Directory of 1955 is the One Hundred and Fiftieth Edition since 1789.

On the opposite page is a map of Boston as printed in the first Boston Directory.

GENERAL INDEX

Page

Abbreviations

Vol. 1- 193

Hotels 1702

Vol. 2- 1793

House Directory Vol. 1- 1365

Airports

Alphabetical Sections Vol. 1- 195

Vol. 2- 1795

How to Use Your City Directory

Apartment Buildings

1644

Index to Advertisers

Assessors

Libraries 1724

Licensing Board 29

Z Massachusetts National Guard 24

Bail Commissioners

1650

Massachusetts State Government 22

Banking Department . opp page

Metropolitan District Commission 27

Boston Historical

Municipal Courts

Boston Protective Department

Organizations 1740

Boston 1789 Map and Title Page.

2,3

Penal Institutions in Massachusetts 27

Pilot Commissioners 27

Bus and Coach Lines

1661

Police (state)

Business Directory

1641

Post Office

Buyers' Guide

. opp page

Postal Zone Numbers 1365

Calendar

1662

Public Works Department 29

Chamber of Commerce

926

Railroad Passenger Stations 1758

City Departments

School Department 29

City Government

Schools-Parochial

1767

Civil Service Commission (State)

Schools-Public 29

Classified Business Directory

1666

Clergymen

1671

Clubs

Sheriff and Deputies

Congressmen of Massachusetts

Soldiers Relief

County Officers

Special Abbreviations Vol. 1- 194

Vol. 2- 1794 27

Directory Library

1787

State Departments 22

State Senators

Steamship Lines

1774

Halls

1699

Street Directory

.Vol. 1- 1365

Harbor Master 28

26, 28

United States Government

Holidays

United States Postal Information 1636

Homes & Asylums

1701

Honor Roll

Welfare Department (state) 27

Hospitals .24, 26, 28, 1702

Department of Education (State)

1724

State Aid and Pensions

Express Offices in Boston

Fire Department

Vol. 1- 195

General Directory

Vol. 2- 1795

1641

Schools and Colleges 1767

Senatorial Districts 22

Courts in Boston

2751

Public Buildings 1659

Cemeteries

Churches

1664

Registry of Deeds

Boston State Hospital

Buildings, Office and Public

1659

Police (city)

Association of North American Directory Pub- lishers

1641

Vol. 2- 2941

House of Representatives 23

HOW TO USE YOUR CITY DIRECTORY SEE PAGE C

Weights and Measures Department 30

Vol. 2- 2941

Health Departments

Statistical Review

Honor Roll

BOSTON

CITY DIRECTORY

1955

THE reputation of a City rests upon the stability of its Industries and Business Concerns.

WE are pleased to present herewith a list of Business Concerns whose stability, integrity and civic interest have helped to make possible the continuing growth and prosperity of Boston and The Commonwealth.

R. L. POLK & CO.

onor Roll

*Each asterisk indicates 25 years in business. Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide

Name

Est.

Business

For Further Information See-

** Ætna Casualty and Surety Company The. . 1853

Insurance

. Page 126

*** American Bank Note Company 1858

Engravers

. Page 108

**** American Insurance Co 1846

Insurance right top corner cards and Page 148

** American Mutual Liability Insurance Co ... 1887

Insurance .left top lines and Page 127

*** Andrews Paper Company

1861

Paper Dealers

Page 170

** Arnold-Roberts Co The

1898

Paper Dealers .right side lines and Page 172

Atlantic Register Co

1873

.1908

Engravers .outside cover and Page 102

Page 172

* Baird & Bartlett Company Beacon Loan Co

1939

Loans right side lines and Page 159

Page 75

** Best Edward H & Co Inc

1888

Felt Manufacturers

Page 109

** Bethlehem Steel Co ..

1900

Steel

Page 190

** Bigelow Kennard Co Inc

1899

Machine Tool Mfrs

Page 160

*** Blanchard Machine Co The *Blue Hill Spring Water Co

1919

Spring Water .right top corner cards and Page 192

*** Boit, Dalton & Church

1865

Insurance .right top lines and Page 128

Page

* Boston Better Business Bureau

1922

. Pages 76 and

** Boston Consolidated Gas Co

1903

Gas Company

Page 114

** Boston Five Cents Savings Bank.

1854

Bank .left top lines and Page

** Boston Insurance Co

1873

Insurance

Page 129

** Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company

1892

Page 130

** Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co

1867

Page 41

*Boston Wharf Co 1836

Real Estate

Page 178

** Bradley R M & Co Inc

1887

Real Estate

Page 179 Page 168

*Brighton Cooperative Bank

1911

Bank .right side lines and Page

*** Brine R S Transportation Co

1896

Bank .right side lines and Page

*** Brookline Savings Bank The

1871

Savings Bank

Page

** Brookline Trust Co

1886

Bank

Page

*** Brown-Wales Co

1869

Steel . outside cover, left side lines and Page 187

*Buck Printing Co

1852

Printing right side lines and Page 173

** Burdett College

1879

Business College .right top lines and Page 182

*** Burlen Robert & Son

1867

Bookbinders .. . outside cover, right top lines and Page 79

*Burns William Agency Inc

J International Detective

1910

*Cadillac Automobile Co of Boston

1925

. Page 74

*Cambridgeport Savings Bank

1853

Bank right top corner cards and Page

*Careful Cleaning Co

1912

Cleaners-Building & House. . right side lines and Page

8.9

*Carter John & Co Inc

1865

Paper Dealers . left side lines and Page 175

Paper Dealers

. Page 171

*Chamberlin Stephen J

1921

Taxicab Service. right top corner cards and Page 190

Insurance right top corner cards and Page 149

*** Collateral Loan Co

1859

Loans right top lines and Page 158

*** Columbian National Life Insurance Co The. . 1902

1903

*** Cutter D J & Co Inc

1872

Coal and Oil . left side lines and Page 90

Page 42

*Dedham & Hyde Park Division of Worcester Gas Light Co 1853

Gas

Page 113

*Delany George B 1921

1902

Insurance

Page 131

Duplicating Equipment and Supplies.

left side lines and Page 100

Electric Signs

. . left top lines and Page 184

Bank right top corner cards and Page 63

Savings Bank

. Page 59

*Driscoll, Pearce Inc 1930

Eastern Fuel Co 1942

Coal

. Page 90

*** Eddy John H & Co

1859

*Edward Everett Federal Savings and Loan Association

1916

Bank .right top corner cards and Page 65

*Eliot Savings Bank

1864

Bank

Page 60

** Employers Group The

1886

of the

** : ** Estabrook & Co

.1851

** Fairfield & Ellis

1902

Insurance . back bone and Page 136

Furniture.

. right top corner cards and Page 112

Insurance right side lines and Page 146

Trustees

Page 43

*Fiduciary Trust Company 1928

Insurance .right top lines and Page 137 *** Field & Cowles 1867

**** Filene's Wm Sons Company

.1859

Insurance

Page 135

Stock Brokers

. Page 82

**** Ferdinand Frank Inc Ferguson Albert G 1948

1869

Real Estate

Page 179

** Dewick & Flanders Inc

Dick A B Products Co of Boston Inc 1949

** Donnelly John & Sons 1850

** Dorchester Co-operative Bank 1890

** Dorchester Savings Bank 1894

1869

Insurance .right top corner cards and Page 148

*Checker Taxi Co

** Cobb Window Insurance Agency

1846

** Coffin & Burr Incorporated

1898

Investment Securities . left top lines and Page

Insurance .right side lines and Page 149

Rope and Twine Manufacturers

Page 92

** Columbian Rope Company

Lumber and Finish

Page 160

Brookline Federal Savings & Loan Assn .. 1936

1842

Paints and Varnishes

*Briggs-Maroney Co Inc

1871 Trucking. . ..... outside cover, left side lines and Page 191

** Brockway-Smith-Haigh-Lovell Co

1830

Jewelers .right top corner cards and Page 154

** Bond Stores Inc

1900

Clothing

Manufacturers of Business Systems ...... Pages 74 and 181 Fire Alarms right top corner cards and Page 108

*** Automatic Fire Alarm Co

*Back Bay Electrotype & Engraving Co.

1907

Paper Dealers

*** Bemis Bro Bag Co

1858

Bag Manufacturers

1851 Department Store. right side lines and Page 93

Page

Detective Agency

Automobiles

*Carter Rice & Co Corp

1871

*Day Trust Co 1929 Bank

Insurance . left side lines and Page 132

Insurance .right side lines and Page 133

Insurance . left side lines and Page 134

*** Equitable Life Assurance Society United States

Insurance

Bank

Better Business Bureau

1932

*Each asterisk indicates 25 years in business. Page numbers below refer to Buyers' Guide

Name

Est.

Business

For Further Information See-

*** First National Bank of Boston The .1784

** Folsom Funeral Chapel

1905

*Fowler Robert T & Sons

.1906

*** Franklin Savings Bank of the City of Bos- ton 1861

** General Electric Supply Co 1888

*Gilchrist Company 1842

*Glendale Coal & Oil Co

1914 *** Globe Newspaper Co

1872

*Graham W H Corp

1910

*Granite Trust Co

1836

.1909

Association

Pages 86 and

Insurance

. Page 148

*Hammett J L Co

1863

School Supplies

Page 181

*Harlow Wm H & Sons Inc

.1870

Lumber

Page 160

*Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co of Hart- ford, Conn .1913

** Harvey Arthur C Co

.1896

Steel .left top lines and Page 188

*Hatch Russell T Company Henderson James D & Son Inc

.1935

Real Estate. .right top lines and Page 178

*** Herrick Company & R Estabrook's Sons Divi- sion 1877

*** Hersey Manufacturing Co

.1859

*** Hinckley & Woods 1868

Insurance

Page 138

*** Hobbs & Warren Inc

1858

Stationers

Page 185

** Holliston Mills Inc The

1893

Cloth Manufacturers

Page 161

*** Holyhood Cemetery Assn

1857

Cemeteries right top corner cards and Page 84

*Hotel Avery

1917

Hotels

. Page 119

** Hotel Essex

1900

Hotels

Page 119

*Hotel Kenmore *Hotel Statler

1914

Hotels

Page 119

*Howe & French Inc

1834

Chemicals

Page

Savings Bank.

right side lines and Page

Oils

. left side lines and Page 165

. Page 163

Insurance

.outside cover and Pages 120 and 121

*** Jordan Marsh Company

1851

Department Store .. right side lines and Page

* Joseph M Sewing Machine Co

1927

Sewing Machine Parts. . left top lines and Page 183

Page 139

*** Kidder Peabody & Co

1865

*Kimball, Gilman & Co

1919

Kinkade & Company Inc

1940

Insurance

Page 141

*Liberty Mutual Insurance Co 1912

** Lloyd Andrew J Company .1870

Opticians

.front stencil and Page 166

London Directory Co Ltd 1814

** London Harness Company 1898

** ** Loring Coolidge Office 1815

Louis Inc 1939

** Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Boston The

1895

*Lunkenheimer Co The 1930

*** Macomber Frank Gair Inc Macquarrie Joseph G .1937

1875

Insurance. .right side lines and Pages 124 and 125

Real Estate. .right top corner cards and Page 179

** Makepeace B L Inc

1895

** Marr Daniel & Son Co Inc .. .1900

*Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Com- pany 1907

*Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Co .1926

*Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Com- pany 1927

Insurance left side lines and Page 150

Page 150

Iron and Steel

. Page 190

Elevator Manufacturers

outside cover, left side lines and Page 104

Insurance .. left side lines and Page 146

Page 106 Printing Press Mfrs .... right top corner cards and Page 173 Employment Service

.right top lines and Page 56

Credit Reporting

Page 92

Real Estate right top lines and Page 174

Transportation. right top lines and Pages 82 and Y

Bank

Page 63

Savings Bank

Page 63

** Minot, DeBlois & Maddison 1900

Real Estate . Page 175

*** Montgomery-Frost Co 1900

Opticians right side lines and Page 167

Real Estate . back bone and Page 176

Fuel

Page 91

** Mount Washington Co-operative Bank. .1893 Bank

*Muller William A Co Corp 1847

** National Lead Co of Mass 1901 National Service System Inc .1933

*National Shawmut Bank of Boston The .1836

*New England Electric System .1926 Electric Companies Page 101

* *** New England Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany 1835

*** New England Trust Co The 1871

*Newton Memorial Art Co 1920

* *Newton Savings Bank 1829

Bank

outside cover and Page 39

Life Insurance. . outside cover, right side lines and Page 144 Trust Company . Page 44

Monument Dealers Page 163

Bank

Page 64

Bank .... outside cover, left top lines and Pages 34 and 35 Funeral Directors ...... right top corner cards and Page 111 Insurance right top corner cards and Page 179

Bank

. left top lines and Page 49 Page 100

Electrical Supplies

Department Store

.right side lines and Page 94

Coal and Oil .. right top corner cards and Page 90

Newspaper Publishers .outside cover and Page 164

. Page 111

.right side lines and Page 59

*Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. *Hammer Alexander M

.1865

1913

Furniture-Retail

. Page 112

Steel Page 189

Meter Manufacturers. . right side lines and Page 162

right top side lines and Page 116

*Hyde Park Savings Bank ** Jenney Mfg Co

1871

1812

** Jewish Advocate Publishing Corp

1902

*** John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co Johnson's Employment Service.

1862

1954

Employment Agency. . right top corner cards and Page 108

*Kaler, Carney, Liffler & Co * Kay Jewelry Co .

.1928

Jewelry

Investment Bankers

Page

Insurance . left top lines and Page 140

Insurance . left top lines and Page 142

The Boston directory : including . . . Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Readville, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, West Roxbury 1955, Part 1

Author: Publication date: 1789 Publisher: Boston : Sampson & Murdock company Number of Pages: 1480

Author:
Publication date: 1789
Publisher: Boston : Sampson & Murdock company
Number of Pages: 1480