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FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDENCE
FIRST
110 WESTMINSTER STREET
CENTRAL RUBBER STAMP WORKS
ce "WE MAKE THEM"
line
DExter 1-9609
ce line
35 WESTMINSTER ST.
PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.
ESTABLISHED 1875
H. R. HORTON CO. BUILDING MATERIALS
Dial GAspee 1-3569 -1-9653 459 SOUTH WATER ST. PROVIDENCE 1, R. I.
POLK Publisher of Directories with a Since National Reputation for Reliability 1870
The Bank for All Your Banking Rhode Island HOSPITAL TRUST COMPANY
Providence - Pawtucket-Woonsocket - Cranston - East Providence - Newport Member Federal Reserve System · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
THE CONGDON & CARPENTER co.
1790
1954
STEEL -METALS
INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DE xter 1-4200
CONGDON & CAFFEALLA
583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403
E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS INC. INSURANCE
Telephone GAspee 1-8432-1-8433 36 Exchange Place "ON THE MALL"
UN ion 1-5400
A
The Congdon & Carpenter Co.
1790 - 164 YEARS OF SERVICE - 1954
CONGDON & CARPENTER
STEEL - - METALS INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
Hot Rolled and Cold Finished Steel Bars, Shapes, Plates and Structurals, Sheet Steel, Stainless Steel Bars, Sheets and Pipe, Copper, Lead, Armco Ingot Iron, Bolts and Nuts, Bronze Bearings
CARBORUNDUM PRODUCTS
Electric Tools
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Contractors' Tools
405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Tel. DExter 1-4200
583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403
(1954) B. L. POLK & CO.'8
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PROGRESSIVE PROTECTION SINCE 1799
Specify Providence Washington policies for Fire · Automobile · Ocean and Inland Marine (all risks) . Liability . Air Cargo and other coverages for your Home or your Business.
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON Insurance Group
OUNDED 1799
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
See your own agent on broker
PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INDEMNITY COMPANY 20 WASHINGTON PLACE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
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B.S
BROWN & SHARPE
Milling Machines Grinding Machines Screw Machines Machinists' Tools Electronic Measuring Equipment
Johansson Gage Blocks Cutters and Hobs Arbors and Adapters Screw Machine Tools Permanent Magnet Chucks Vises and Pumps
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Providence 1, R. I.
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
POLK'S PROVIDENCE
(PROVIDENCE COUNTY, R. I.)
CITY DIRECTORY
VOL. 1954 CXIV
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, A Map and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
and a Complete
Classified Business Directory
FOR DETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX
"The
Y: DIRECTORY
IS THE COMMON
PRICE
INTERMEDIARY
$60.00
BETWEEN
BUYER AND SELLER
R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers
509 WESTMINSTER STREET, PROVIDENCE 3, R. I. District Office: 179 Lincoln St., Boston 11, Mass.
DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR LIMITED FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHERS
Member Association of North American Directory Publishers
Copyright, 1954, by R. L. Polk & Co.
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The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the com- plete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsi- bility for same can be or is assumed.
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
24
Alphabetical Directory
25
Apartment Buildings
735
Assessors
12
Buildings, Office and Public
747
Business Directory
733
Buyers' Guide
732
Calendar
6
Cemeteries
750
Churches
751
City Government
12
Classified Business Directory
733
Clergymen
753
Clubs
755
Congressional Districts
19
Convents
758
County Officers
19
Courts
18, 20
Custom House
20
Director of Public Welfare
12
Fire Department
13
General Directory
25
Halls
775
Homes and Asylums
777
Hotels
House Directory
841
House of Representatives
18
How to Use the Directory
840
Index to Advertisers
4
Legal Holidays
19
Libraries
13
Military
15
Organizations
808
Parks in Providence
14
Police Department
12
Post Office
21
Post Offices and Localities in R I
23
Railroads
819
Rhode Island National Guard
15
Rhode Island State Government
15
Schools
13
Schools-Parochial
824
Schools and Colleges
824
Senators
19
Sheriff
19
State Government
15
Statistical Review
8
Street and Avenue Guide
841
Town and City Clerks
19
U S District Court
19
U S Government Officers
19
United States Postal Information
22
Wharves 14
Page
. opp
HOW TO USE YOUR CITY DIRECTORY
SEE PAGE 840
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
PAGE
Franklin Process Co 115
Adler's Inc
92
Aetna Finance Co . left side lines and 73
Allen & Reed Co Inc 50
Gagnier Nash Co
Allenson Bros
108
Gammino M A Construction Co Inc
30
Ambulance & Oxygen Service Co
2
Gammons John A Inc right top lines and
58
American Brass Company The
Gamwell & Ingraham Inc . back cover and 99
American Emery Wheel Works
American Universal Insurance Co
Gasbarro A & Sons Inc .
Anchor Tool & Die Co
113
General Engineering & Contracting Co
Anderson John M Co
106
Gilbane Building Company right bottom lines and Goff & Page Co
Anderson Sheet Metal Co The
64
Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co The
Assurance Realty Co
105
Graphic Arts Associates left side lines and 96
Atlantic Coal Co
. left bottom lines and 25
41
ribbon book mark, right side lines and
95
Auto Owners Finance Co Inc
73 Gross G L & H J Inc .. . .. . back cover right top lines and 100
B M G Equipment Co Inc
33
Guertin Oil Company
Bailey-Shippee Funeral Home
48
Gustafson Frank N & Sons Inc
Baker Wm F Co Inc
96 52
Harris Lumber Co Inc
Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co
Harrison A & Co Inc
Barker Artesian Well Co 114
Harvey & Otis Inc
Barker-Chadsey Company . left bottom lines and
50
Hayes C I Inc .
Barreled Sunlight Paint Co
89 Hill James Mfg Co
Beach & Sweet Inc. .
right bottom lines and 58
Holm Walter K R Jr
Beacon Finance Co.
.. left top lines and 73 Home Center The
Bene & Co Inc.
right side lines and 85 Hope Building Co Inc The
right side lines and 28
Better Business Bureau of Providence ....
19 Horton H R Co
.front cover and
Bowerman Bros Inc ..
right side lines and 29 Howard & Lewis Motor Sales Inc
right top lines and 84
Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co
Hurley Richard A
Imperial Knife Co Inc
77
Caldwell Maurice H
Industrial National Bank
.top edge and
13 15
Campanella & Cardi Construction Company .... 26 and
. right side lines and
Capaldi Bros Construction Co
Capitol Cadillac Co of Providence.
Capwell A A Company
Carlton-Wright Plumbing Supply Co Inc. .
94
Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc. . left top lines and
23
Central Engineering & Construction Co. .
26 Jones Warehouses Inc
Central Rubber Stamp Works. . front cover and 110 Jordan Byron C
Chase Brass & Copper Co
Juhlin-Pearson . left side lines and
Kagan & Shawcross
right top ines and
Citizens Savings Bank . left top lines and 10
Kennecott Wire & Cable Company
City Hall Hardware Co. right top lines and 50
Keystone Oil and Coal Co Inc
Claflin Co The left top lines and 51 Lamson Oil Corp
Clapp Otis & Son Inc
37
Lans Warehouse Co left top lines and
Letter Shop The
Collins H V Co
Lincoln Finance Corp
Columbus National Bank of Providence
11
Concord Mfg Corp
66
Congdon & Carpenter Co The.
Livermore & Knight Co
97
inside front cover, front cover and left side lines
Lunnie's Motors
Conneally J J & Sons.
left side lines and 89
Corbett & Quirk 48
Maguire Roofing Company
Cordin Gilbert R 114
Manchester & Hudson Co . .
Mariani A A & Son .... back cover, right side lines and 46
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
left top lines and 53
Mattson Realty Co
Maynard & Co Inc
McDuff Coal & Lumber Co
76
Crown Hotel
Merchants Realty Corporation
103
Culton W F Motor Express Inc
113 25
Metz Paper Co . left top corner cards and 92
115
Darcy Sign Co.
right side lines and 109
87
DelGiudice A & Son Inc
80
Monroe Calculating Machine Co Inc
Moore J W Roofing Co
107 85
Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co
. bottom edge and 101 Mule Battery Mfg Co . left side lines and 9
Dupuis Frank Company
93
Mulry H T Chevrolet Co 7
Eastern Coal and Oil Co. .right top lines and 26
Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The 59
38
Elhatton Plumbing & Heating Co Inc
Elliott Lincoln Mercury Co
6
National Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp
96
Elmhurst Realty 104
Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co
30
insert at Street Section, right side lines and
43
Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury 63
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
62
Forest Hills Nurseries Inc
12 84 O'Connell J T Co .. .left bottom lines and
Fox C J Co The
20 O'Donnell & Co Inc .right top lines and 59
Foxon Company The
70 Old Colony Co-operative Bank .right top lines and 14
40 107 23
Corp Brothers Incorporated 114
Corrado Anthony Inc. . left top lines and
x 73
Crandall E S Dairy Inc. right top lines and
78 72
Cranston Oil Service
86
Craven-Whittaker Co Inc
92 52
Curran & Burton Inc
Millard Wire Co Inc
Miller Chas Co Miller & George . back bone and 88 21 2-4
Drabble-Sherman Funeral Home
48
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
Dunlap-Price Inc 104
Dunne Motor Sales Inc
4
Eastern Construction Co . left side lines and 27 94 Narragansett Electric Co The . .left top lines and Narragansett Hotel
52
National Tool and Finding Co Inc
66
58 New England Pest Control Co Inc
Fanning & Doorley Construction Company Inc Filing Equipment Bureau Inc . 85 Nowell Coal & Lumber Co
76
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Provi- dence . front cover and
68 79 58
Garrahan William H & Co Inc .right top lines and 55 71 31
109 79
Arden Jewelry Mfg Co
Atlantic Excelsior Company Inc .... right side lines and
Aurora Jewelry Co
66 Grinnell Company Inc .
31 75 24 65 50 79 59 104
Brown, Lisle & Marshall
21
Howard Realty Company
. left side lines and 105
Cady Moving & Storage Co . right side lines and
C 81
6 9
Irons & Russell Co
J & H Electric Co
Johnson Oliver & Co Inc
. left side lines and 39 89
68
Cherry & Webb Broadcasting Co. . right side lines and
98
31 47 56 115 87 87 82
Cogens Inc .. . .right top lines and 96 30
Lincoln Lumber Co
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
75 59
Maguire Charles A and Associates
.... right bottom lines and
County Loan & Finance Corp . left bottom lines and
.right side lines 87
Cranston Loan Co
McKendall F D Lumber Co .right bottom lines and 7.4
DeBlois Petroleum Service Co
78 Morris E L Co Inc
104 29 Inskip J S Inc . 30 International Detective Service Inc. . right top lines and Irons Earl M right top corner cards and 55 66
Griggs & Browne Co Inc
27
108
Freeman E L Company .left top lines and 112 65 -1 Fulford Manufacturing Company
5
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Orr John J & Son Outlet Company The left side lines and 35 Oxford Press 97
Smith-Gibbs Company The
Smith Maurice C Co Inc .. right top lines and 111
Paolino Anthony C Inc
60 Soule Henry M Co
107 Speidel Corp Inc
Smith, Morton Inc .right bottom lines and 60 32 67 Spencer & Preston Inc 61 Starkweather J U Company Inc 24 Starkweather & Shepley Inc ... . front edge, page Z and 57 90
Petroleum Heat & Power Co of RI
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co
Pitassi D R Agency
Plantations Steel Company 112
Preferred Realty Corp 105
Providence Blue Print Co Inc 20
Providence Buick Company Inc
5
Providence Gas Company. . right top, right side lines and
49
Providence Institution for Savings .... left top lines and 16
Providence Journal Co . back cover and 83
Technic Inc
Thornton R E & Son Thurston Mfg Co
Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island
Tower Iron Works
Turgeon E Construction Co Inc
Uncas Manufacturing Company
Union Motor Sales
United Iron Works
. back cover, 44 and
Purington O D Co Inc
31
Puritan Life Insurance Company
57
Remington Horace & Son Co
106 Valentine Flower Shoppe . back cover and
Viall W C Dairy Inc
Respro Inc
71
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
front cover, left bottom lines and
17
Rhode Island Label Works Inc
70
Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co Inc 34
Rhode Island Supply and Engineering Co
95
Richardson & Clark
21
Roger Williams Savings Fund & Loan Association.
back cover, right side lines and 18
28
Weston D M & Co Inc
106 70
Schmidt Electric Company Inc
39
Scott Testers Inc
77 White J S Co
45 8
Shaw Paper Box Co
Williams & Anderson Co Inc The
Shepard Company The ,right top lines and 36
Winters Walter Inc
Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel right bottom lines and 116
Shippee E W & Sons Inc . front cover and 54 Woodland Manor Realty Co
106
Silvertown Chevrolet Co Inc
7 Yankee Network Inc .
97
Providence Paper Co
right bottom lines and
Providence Sheet Metal Co
91 108
Providence Steel & Iron Co
63
Providence Wall Paper House Inc
113
Providence Washington Insurance Company
left top lines and
B
Providence Wire Works Inc
right side lines and 115
United Life and Accident Insurance Co
Universal Plating Co
Replacement Parts Company Inc
8
W J A R Radio & Television Station. .. left side lines and Walker C H & Co
Walker Electric Co
Walker Robert L Co
Wallace R E
Wallace & Tucker Lumber. Co
Warburton William R Agency Watkins D M Co
Weaver Paint & Varnish Co Inc . . left top lines and
Rowley Construction Co .... right top corner cards and Rumford Company The
25
What Cheer Laundry
White A A Co Inc
left top lines and 111
Sessions-Gifford Co Inc
21 20
White Pontiac Co
67 3 Wood A M Co 69
Stone C Moulton Co
Sugarman Max Funeral Home . left top lines 47 and
Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada Swanson G Fred Inc
Sweet L & Co Inc
Taylor, Symonds Co
.right side lines and 34 76 37 93 69 113
Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The .. left top lines and 56
Parker Geo L Co Inc Pellett William P & Son Inc 80 Peoples Savings Bank in Providence . . left top lines and 15 86 Starkweather & Williams Inc ... right bottom lines and 60 60 State Lumber Co Inc left side lines and 75 71 81 61
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right top lines and 102 . left side lines and 62 29 67 6 63 61 92 45 78 98 21 40 105 103 76 61 67 90
Westcott, Slade & Balcom Co right side lines and 90
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 800 city, county, state and national Direc- tories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1954 edition of the Provi- dence City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Providence's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Providence 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 Provi- dence Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
FIVE MAJOR DEPARTMENTS
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 8 to 23, on white paper, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials; post office, public school and fraternal organization Directories; statistical review; historical sketch; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Provi- dence, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 732 and separately paged, on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Providence and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings 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 Providence, the necessity of having this kind of informa- tion immediately 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 printed on yellow paper. This de- partment lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common in- termediary 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 mediumn.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is printed on pink paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order followed by the named streets arranged in alphabetical order; the num- bers 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 manufacturing 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 advertisements of Providence.
THE PROVIDENCE DIRECTORY LIBRARY
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Providence City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, for 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 of 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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PROVIDENCE, R. I.
"Southern Gateway of New England"'
(This information furnished through the courtesy of the Providence Chamber of Commerce)
.. STATISTICAL REVIEW ..
Form of Government: Under the New Charter for the City of Providence, approved by referendum on November 7th, 1939, elective officers are a mayor, to be elected at large, and members of the council, which body is to consist of 26 councilmen, two from each of the thirteen wards as the same are now constituted. The Charter became effect- ive in its entirety January 1, 1941.
Population: 248,674 (1950 Bureau of Census).
Area: 18.91 square miles.
Altitude: Maximum 253.02 feet; minimum 3.46 feet. Assessed Valuation : $855,833,275 (June 15, 1953).
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native Ameri- cans, Italians, Irish, Russian, Canadian, English, Polish and Swedish.
Parks and Playgrounds: 65 Parks covering a total of 961 acres, 35 playgrounds covering 4,855,633 square feet.
Total City's Net Debt: $47,510,114 (Sept 30, 1953).
Financial: 14 banks, 3 trust companies, 3 national and 8 savings banks.
Post Office Stamp Sales Receipts: $6,432,412 (1953).
Telephones in Service: 133,990 (April 30, 1954).
Church Buildings: 88.
Building and Construction: Value of building permits in 1953, $12,644,355.
Real Estate: $468,969,936 (June 15, 1953).
Tax Rate: $3.10 per $100 on real estate and tangible personal property; 40 cents per $100 on intangible personal property.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 1,500,000 people with- in the trading area covering a radius of 30 miles.
Hotels: There are 22 hotels. Principal hotels down- town are Sheraton-Biltmore, Narragansett and Crown Hotels.
Railroads: New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.
Air Transport: The State of Rhode Island owns one of the largest and very finest airports in the United States. It has four runways, one of which is 200 feet wide and 5,460 feet long. The other three runways are 150 feet wide and 5,000 feet long. They permit the landing and departure of the largest airships with the greatest possible safety and convenience. The field is also equipped with radar, all lighting facilities. Planes, including American Airlines Inc, Eastern Air Lines Inc, Northeast Air Lines and United Air Lines give superior trunk line, passenger, mail, express and freight service from the state airport which is located at Hillsgrove, a 20 minute run by auto from the heart of the city. The State recently opened the North Central Airport in Smithfield, Northeast Airlines, operates scheduled service from this airport.
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