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WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS A Progressive City
WALTHAM'S population is 50,115, with a potential shopping popu- lation of 500,000 as it is the trading and working hub of a wheel that has 29 suburban shopping community spokes in its circumference of Commerce. (Estimated 1958 population, 51,000).
WALTHAM is 9 miles west from the port of Boston, situated on the Charles River, and served by the Boston and Maine Railroad, Massa- chusetts Central Division, Watertown Branch line and eleven lines of Middlesex and Boston St. Ry Co. busses.
The city has excellent business and manufacturing facilities.
THINK OF WALTHAM AS THE CITY
Where the first single Board of Government in Massachusetts was adopted.
Where kerosene oil was first refined and made available for house- hold usage. "
Where chalk crayons were invented and first made.
Where all the operations of cotton cloth were first performed under one roof.
Where watches were first successfully manufactured in the United States.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Through the public spirit and splendid co-operation of its citizens, Waltham maintains an active Chamber of Commerce, the slogan of which is :- Service To and For the Community
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INTRODUCTION
AND GENERAL INDEX
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 850 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1958 edition of the Waltham City Directory.
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Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT is the first major de- partment printed on white paper, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials; post office and public schools directories; sta- tistical review, and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
II. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the second major department of the Directory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the business and professional concerns of the city, ar- ranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a busy and diversified community like Waltham, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common in- termediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.
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IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the fourth major department printed on green paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Allen Thomas M R 11
Ames B C Co ...... left side lines and 30
Atlantic Register Co .... top stencils and 9
Barnes Rowland H & Co 12
Bay State Supply Co . . left top lines and Beaudoin Conrad O
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back cover, left top lines and Bigham & Sons Inc .
Bird Richard H & Co Inc
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Bowers Insurance Agency Inc
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Brasco Florist
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Brewster Oil Company Inc
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Burlington Foundry Co
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Byron's Inc 10
Dreelan Heating Company
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Finn Insurance Agency
Flynn Television Service
Guthrie Lumber Co
Hawes Electric Construction Inc
Holland Thomas P Co
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Irwin's Furniture Co
Johnson Robert B Co
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Joyce Francis J & Son
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Kay Jewelry Co
Lee Drug Co
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Lee Nursing Home
MacArthur Music Co
Mckenzie Travel Service
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Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co . Z and 33
Middlesex Family Co-operative Bank right top lines and 8
Miller William R Funeral Service
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Mor Real Sewing Machine Co
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Mullin Bernard E 16
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New England Mica Co Inc
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News Tribune The .... front cover and
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Newton Sash & Door Co Inc
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Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust Com- pany . back bone and 4
Nichols W H Co
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Nolan Thomas F .right top lines and 29 O'Neil Roderick 27
21 Professional Telephone Exchange An- swering Service 31
Reece Corporation The 23
Rinehart Handwriting System 17
StGermain Ed Inc 2
Salvation Army The 10
Sanborn Company 30 31 Sheer Sign Co Inc .. right side lines and Stearns R H Co 10
Thompson Wm H Co
right side lines and 19
Tyler Brenton E .... right side lines and 20 Union Market National Bank The 8 Viles Daniel F & Co Inc
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Waltham Citizens National Bank
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Waltham Federal Savings & Loan Assn
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Waltham Floor Covering
back cover, right top lines and 13
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Waltham Foundry Co
right side lines and
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Waltham Hospital The
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Waltham Motor Company
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Waltham Publishing Co
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Mitchell & Corcoran .. left top lines and Mooney Frank J 19 Waltham Savings Bank . back cover and 7 Wentworth Freedom & Sons Inc bottom stencil, left top lines and 15
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WALTHAM
(Courtesy Waltham Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review Issued July 1, 1958
Form of Government: Mayor and Council; Council consists of six councillors-at-large and nine ward councillors, elected biennially. Population: U. S. Census, (1950) 47,187. State-City Census, (1955) 50,115.
Area: 13.56 square miles
Altitude: 67 feet.
Assessed Valuation: $97,781,150.00 (January 1, 1958).
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed: 9,046 (January 1, 1958).
Number of Families: 13,992 (estimated November, 1957).
Total Dwelling Units : 13,870 (estimated November, 1957). Native Born Population: 79.80% of whole population.
Predominating Nationalities in City: American, Canadian, Italian. Parks: 3 with 273.54 acres. 2 Metropolitan District Parks with 81.5 acres; 15 Playgrounds with 65.13 acres, plus 5 play areas at school sites; 1 MDC swimming pool.
City's Bonded Debt: $7,215,000.00 (June 1, 1958).
Financial: 1 Bank and Trust Company with resources of $84,881,488.91 (Dec. 31, 1957). 1 Savings Bank with total deposits of $39,221,369.90 (May 28, 1958). 1 Federal Savings and Loan Association with re- sources of $38,135,025.06 (May 28, 1958). 1 National Bank with re- sources of $6,726,455.92 (May 28, 1958). 1 Trust Company with resources of $5,438,049.70 (December 31, 1957). 1 Family Co-opera- tive Bank with assets of $1,633,000.00 (June 2, 1958).
Post Office Receipts for 1957: $951,680.
Churches: 24
Building and Construction: Value of Building Permits: $6,644,342. Number of Building Permits: 672 for 1957.
Motor Vehicle Registrations for Year Ending December 31, 1957: 22,818. Real Estate Transfers for Year Ending December 31, 1957: Approxi- mately 1,400.
Industry: Number of Industrial Establishments 186: Warehousing 14: Total: 200.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 520,000 people, 29 communities, with- in the trading area covering a radius of fifteen miles.
City Served by: 2 railroad lines, 11 bus lines.
Amusements: Largest theatre or auditorium seats 2,100 people. There are 2 theatres with a total seating capacity of 3,086 people.
Hospitals: Waltham Hospital with 201 beds and 34 bassinets: also Metropolitan State Hospital, 2,101 beds; Middlesex County Sana- torium, 350 beds; Walter E Fernald School for Feeble Minded, 2,429 beds.
Schools : Number of public school buildings; 19 including 1 high school, 3 junior high schools, 1 vocational high school, and 14 elementary schools. Enrollment: 7,979 pupils, with 370 teachers. Parochial schools: 2 parochial high schools and 3 elementary school build- ings; Enrollment: 2,260.
Libraries: There are 167,293 volumes in the library and branches of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage is 139. with 105.3 miles of public way paved. Miles of sewers: 97.8. Water Works (Metropolitan) daily average consumption: 6,616,700 gallons with 131.1 miles of mains.
Fire Department: Employs 131 men with the following motor equip- ment: 4 autos, 1 utility truck, 7 engines, 2 hose and chemical wagons, hook and ladder trucks. 6 station houses. Value of Fire Depart- ment with property is $336,335.
Police Department: Has 92 permanent patrolmen and officers. 7 re- serve officers and 25 police women, with 1 station and 10 pieces of motor equipment.
Meters: Electric meters, 17,297; Water meters, 10,853; Gas meters 11,301.
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Telephones : 28,017 (includes Weston). As of May 31, 1958. Resident, 14,119; Business, 2,519; Extensions, 11,379.
WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Data of interest regarding a growing and progressive city. Incorporated a town in 1738.
Voted to apply for City Charter November 30, 1883.
Incorporation act approved June 2, 1884. Accepted by town July 16, 1884.
Election of first Mayor and Aldermen December 2, 1884.
Inauguration of first Mayor January 5, 1885.
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TEMPERATURE INFORMATION
Mean Temperature, 46.5 degrees.
Highest Recorded, 102 degrees.
Lowest Recorded, 27 degrees.
LOCATION 1
Situated on the beautiful Charles River, nine miles west of Boston, the rich and fertile plain on which stands the present city of Waltham was called "Eden Vale" by the earliest settlers. Altitude 67 feet, total area 13.56 square miles.
INCORPORATED
In 1738 this area, which then comprised the Western Precinct of the town of Watertown was incorporated as a separate town and named Waltham, but it was not until the establishment of a paper mill in 1788 that it became anything more than an agricultural community.
GORE PLACE
One of the early Governors of Massachusetts, Christopher Gore (1805) built a magnificent house with bricks brought from England, and surrounded it with imported shrubs and trees. This house and the extensive grounds were used for several years as the property of the Waltham Country Club. The property, especially the house and im- mediate grounds, is being restored to its former grandeur and historic attractiveness by the present owners, the Gore Place Society.
LYMAN HOUSE (THE VALE)
This magnificent and unsurpassed country residence has been pre- sented to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities through the generosity of five children of the late Arthur and Susan C Lyman, descendants of the original Theodore Lyman. It is located on Lyman Street at its junction with Beaver Street. Erected in 1793 by Theodore Lyman, a Boston merchant, "The Vale" was designed by the noted American architect Samuel McIntire. Several features of the spacious building reveal Bulfinch's influence on the great Salem archi- tect of that early day, McIntire. The house is a central motif of an estate of 36 acres with spacious lawns, old and modern greenhouses and many attractive shrubs, flowering vines, plants and trees, some of the latter being 200 year old specimens. The place is open for inspection from early June until the middle of September with a nominal charge of admission to help maintain the interesting estate.
BOYS' CLUB OF WALTHAM
One of the nation's finest youth centers occupies 38,000 square feet of land on Exchange Street, a short distance from Central Square. Valued at an estimated million dollars, the Waltham Boys' Club was erected for $680,000 on a "self-help" plan designed to make two dollars do the work of three. Citizens raised $190.000 in a capital fund drive and by self-help qualified for matching dollar assistance from the Charles Hay- den Foundation to complete the facility, which also serves as a com- munity center. The building. dedicated on November 24, 1952, is de- signed for a membership of 2,000 boys. It contains the William H. Nichols Gymnasium, the Thomas Worcester Auditorium, a flush-deck swimming pool with spectator facilities for 300, games and crafts rooms. a dining room with full kitchen for civic meetings and a conference room. Special activities are made available to girls, as well as to adult groups, without encroaching upon the boys' schedule. The Boys' Club is a Red Feather agency and supported in part from funds raised by the United Community Services of Greater Boston.
WALTHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY
The Waltham Housing Authority, established in 1948, constructs, manages and maintains housing for families of low income, and elderly persons 65 years of age and older. The rentals are based on income
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and family size, with veterans preferance for family size units. At the present time there are 302 units including Chesterbrook Gardens, 100 apartments; Prospect Terrace, 146 apartments; Dana Court, 32 apart- ments; Carey Court, for the elderly, 24 apartments. Another develop- ment now under construction and scheduled to be completed sometime during 1958 is Lowell Park which will consist of 60 apartments. There will be several unique features of great benefit to the elderly persons who will occupy it. The Waltham Housing Authority chairman is Ball Bartlett. Charles A Lawless is the Executive Director, and his office is located at 5 Brookway Road, Waltham.
1843 - THE RAILROAD
The Fitchburg Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company was opened for operation as far as Waltham, November 10, 1843 and to travel, December 20, 1843.
BECOMES A CITY
Waltham had outgrown town government, and was incorporated a city on June 2, 1884. The last six decades have seen a rapid increase in the number of homes within its borders, not at all surprising in view of the advantages which Waltham offers both to those who commute to Boston and to those who work near their homes. There are excellent bus lines which connect with the Metropolitan Transit Authority system at several points.
POPULATION
Waltham's population in 1765 was 663; in 1865-6,896; in 1930- 39,247; in 1940, 40,020; in 1945, 43,579; in 1950, 47,187; in 1956, 50,115; with a potential population of approximately 520,000 residing in 29 com- munities that comprise the Waltham Shopping District. It is essentially an industrial city with a very definite shopping center serving many communities which latter form a complete circle about Waltham. Wal- tham is making a substantial growth as a residential city.
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