Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1943, Part 1

Author:
Publication date: 1943
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1408


USA > Rhode Island > Providence County > Providence > Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) city directory, 1943 > Part 1


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199 | Part 200 | Part 201 | Part 202 | Part 203 | Part 204 | Part 205 | Part 206 | Part 207 | Part 208 | Part 209 | Part 210 | Part 211 | Part 212 | Part 213 | Part 214 | Part 215 | Part 216 | Part 217 | Part 218 | Part 219 | Part 220 | Part 221 | Part 222 | Part 223 | Part 224 | Part 225 | Part 226 | Part 227 | Part 228 | Part 229 | Part 230 | Part 231 | Part 232 | Part 233 | Part 234 | Part 235 | Part 236 | Part 237 | Part 238 | Part 239 | Part 240 | Part 241 | Part 242 | Part 243 | Part 244 | Part 245 | Part 246 | Part 247 | Part 248 | Part 249 | Part 250 | Part 251 | Part 252 | Part 253 | Part 254 | Part 255 | Part 256 | Part 257 | Part 258 | Part 259 | Part 260 | Part 261 | Part 262 | Part 263 | Part 264 | Part 265 | Part 266 | Part 267 | Part 268 | Part 269 | Part 270 | Part 271 | Part 272 | Part 273 | Part 274 | Part 275 | Part 276 | Part 277 | Part 278 | Part 279 | Part 280 | Part 281 | Part 282 | Part 283 | Part 284 | Part 285 | Part 286 | Part 287 | Part 288 | Part 289 | Part 290 | Part 291 | Part 292 | Part 293 | Part 294 | Part 295 | Part 296 | Part 297 | Part 298 | Part 299 | Part 300 | Part 301 | Part 302 | Part 303 | Part 304 | Part 305 | Part 306 | Part 307 | Part 308 | Part 309 | Part 310 | Part 311 | Part 312 | Part 313 | Part 314 | Part 315 | Part 316 | Part 317 | Part 318 | Part 319 | Part 320 | Part 321 | Part 322 | Part 323 | Part 324 | Part 325 | Part 326 | Part 327 | Part 328 | Part 329 | Part 330 | Part 331 | Part 332 | Part 333 | Part 334 | Part 335 | Part 336 | Part 337 | Part 338 | Part 339 | Part 340 | Part 341 | Part 342 | Part 343 | Part 344 | Part 345 | Part 346 | Part 347 | Part 348 | Part 349 | Part 350 | Part 351 | Part 352 | Part 353 | Part 354 | Part 355 | Part 356 | Part 357 | Part 358 | Part 359 | Part 360 | Part 361 | Part 362 | Part 363 | Part 364 | Part 365 | Part 366 | Part 367 | Part 368 | Part 369 | Part 370 | Part 371 | Part 372 | Part 373 | Part 374 | Part 375 | Part 376 | Part 377 | Part 378 | Part 379 | Part 380 | Part 381 | Part 382 | Part 383 | Part 384 | Part 385 | Part 386 | Part 387 | Part 388 | Part 389 | Part 390 | Part 391 | Part 392 | Part 393 | Part 394 | Part 395 | Part 396 | Part 397 | Part 398 | Part 399 | Part 400 | Part 401 | Part 402 | Part 403 | Part 404 | Part 405 | Part 406 | Part 407 | Part 408 | Part 409 | Part 410 | Part 411 | Part 412 | Part 413 | Part 414 | Part 415 | Part 416 | Part 417 | Part 418 | Part 419 | Part 420 | Part 421 | Part 422 | Part 423 | Part 424 | Part 425 | Part 426 | Part 427 | Part 428 | Part 429 | Part 430 | Part 431 | Part 432 | Part 433 | Part 434 | Part 435 | Part 436 | Part 437 | Part 438 | Part 439 | Part 440 | Part 441 | Part 442 | Part 443 | Part 444 | Part 445 | Part 446 | Part 447


218 TURKS HEAD BLDO. See Page 94 Buyers' Guide Tel. GASPEE 8205


O. P. TAYLOR


REAL ESTATE


INSURANCE


MORTGAGES


LINCOLN TRUST CO


Offering Complete Banking Services


61 WEYBOSSET STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND


Telephone GAspee 2116


Established 1854 by Horace B. Knowles


Horace B. Knowles' Sons


INCORPORATED FUNERAL SERVICE HORACE E. KNOWLES, Residence 188 Benefit Street


Funeral Chapel 187 BENEFIT STREET


Day & Night Telephone DExter 9860


E. L. WATSON CO., Inc. INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS


29 WEYBOSSET STREET TEL. GASPEE 0909


SYLVESTER M. BUDLONG AGENCY Writing Every Line of Insurance


ROOM 401. 144 WESTMINSTER STREET Telephone DExter 0500


PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND


THE CONGDON & CARPENTER CO.


SHEET METALS STEEL


INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES


405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND DExter 4200


583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS, Telephone 5-7403


E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS INSURANCE


Telephone GAspee 8432 85 WESTMINSTER ST.


A


The Congdon & Carpenter Co.


1790 - 153 YEARS OF SERVICE - 1943


STEEL


SHEET 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 - Contractors' Tools


405 PROMENADE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Tel. DExter 4200


583 BEDFORD STREET FALL RIVER, MASS. Telephone 5-7403


(1943) R. L. POLK & CO.'S


B


INCORPORATED 1799


Providence Washington Insurance Co. Providence, Rhode Island


INCORPORATED 1928 Anchor Insurance Co. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Organized and Owned by the Providence Washington Insurance Co.


Each of these Companies writes the following classes of Insurance


FIRE - TORNADO


MARINE OCEAN - INLAND - "ALL RISKS"


AUTOMOBILE -


PROPERTY DAMAGE, FIRE, COMPREHENSIVE,


TRANSPORTATION, THEFT, COLLISION


ALLIED LINES


SPRINKLER LEAKAGE AIRCRAFT PROPERTY DAMAGE FINE ARTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MULTIPLE LOCATION PERSONAL EFFECTS PERSONAL JEWELRY PERSONAL FURS MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT RENTS AND RENTAL VALUES RIOT AND CIVIL COMMOTION MOTOR BOATS AND YACHTS CYCLONE AND WINDSTORM USE AND OCCUPANCY


EARTHQUAKE


EXPLOSION


HAIL


AIRCRAFT


REGISTERED MAIL PARCEL POST-DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN SPECIAL FLOATER POLICIES-COVERING SPECIFIC PROPERTY OF PRACTICALLY ALL DESCRIPTIONS


PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1943)


C


IB.S


Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. Providence, R. I.


BROWN & SHARPE


"World's Standard of Accuracy"


Milling Machines Grinding Machines Screw Machines Machinists' Tools Cutters and Hobs Arbors and Adapters Screw Machine Tools Magnetic Chucks Pumps and Vises Other Useful Shop Equipment


(1943) R. L. POLK & CO.'S


4


N


C


E


ST FRANCIS


CEMETERY


W


T


C.


K


E


T


A


A


V


0


RIVERSIDE


2


WANSAUCH


B


SWAN POINT


CEMETERY


NORTH


PARA


BURIAL


c


an Pt


GROUND


R


3


state Home and School for Couldren


5


Callege


Charles V.Chrpir


Masallof


Academy-


R


PHILLIPSDALE POND


E


F


TRIGOS MEMORIAL


OBADIAH DOUN


PARK


ANTO


Walker's Pt


TOR


F


F


Sy Leder Asylum


A C'T


OUNT


12


To Coflage Mu


MOU


6


G


G


YSTA


I


I


13


HVIDENGR


S


Bold PT


-


Z


NEUTACONKANUT


PARK


HILL


GRACE


CHURCH


NEUTACONKA


THE KING PA


H


5


METALOMET


GOLF CLUB


R


P


R


B


4


0


CEMATT


WATCHEMOKET


COVE


10


3


MARROK


M


Field's Pt


NARRAGANSET BAY


N


EGGENGOD


OAKLAND


CEM


ROGER WILLIAMS


PARK


MAP OF THE CITY OF


PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND


PUBLISHED BY


R. L. POLK & CO. DIRECTORY OFFICE 509 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE R.I. 1943 1000


IGTE


.EXPLANATION. .. Cty Line


SCALE OF FEET


Wand Lirica


Street Railways & Bus Lines


Ralrends


00


12


3


14


15


2


3


4


K


POCASSET


CEMETERY


CEMETERY


ANNS


ST.


M


POND


APETRIC CO


ASPECTACLE


RANDALL'S. P


N


IC


BLACKAMONE POND


FENHERS


Q


12


13


14


1


P


0


HH


SKUC


WANSK


PLL FL


METCALF FIS


LEONARD


Boulever


0


FIELD


STADIUM


John


ROMAN


CATHOLIC


THEYKAY


WODKASQUATUCRET


METROPOLITAN


DYERVILLE


RESERVATION


PARK 51


EKO


S


OLNEY


OLAYER


RIVER


THISIS


TH


MIara


K


0


DENC


POND


WILLIMANTIC


Kuttte PH


MASHAPAUG


STATE CAPYTEN


PLEAS


K


EST


LA


ALDRIGI


0


Butter Hospital


B


PIE


GENEV


O


COPYRIGHT 1943 R. L. POLK & CO.


0


P


CEM


A


POLK'S


PROVIDENCE (PROVIDENCE COUNTY, R. I.)


CITY DIRECTORY


Vol. 1943 CIII


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, A Map, and Much Informa- tion of a Miscellaneous Character; also a


BUYERS' GUIDE


and a Complete


Classified Business Directory


FOR


ETAILED CONTENTS SEE GENERAL INDEX


:The DIRECTORY


PRICE


IS THE.COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN


$20.00


BUYER AND SELLER


R. L. POLK & CO., Publishers


179 LINCOLN STREET, BOSTON, MASS.


509 WESTMINSTER STREET, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR LIMITED FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT OFFICE OF THE PUBLISHERS


Member Association of North American Directory Publishers


Copyright, 1943, by R. L. Polk & Co.


1


2


Section 28, Copyright Law In Force July 7, 1909


That any person who wilfully and for profit shill infringe any copyright secured by this act, or who shall knowingly or wilfully aid or abet such infringement, shallbe deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction tereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding me year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars noimore than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.


0


ASSOCIATION OF


PRO


PUBLIco


NORTH AMERICAN


1898


DIREIDIREUDIRE


ODROMCORIO


DIRECTORY


PUBLISHERS' NOTE


The information in this Directory is gath by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insumaximum accuracy.


The publishers cannot and do not guaranthe cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor tomplete absence of errors or omissions, hence no resibility for same can be or is assumed.


The publishers earnestly request the bring.o their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be cted in the next edition of the directory.


R. L. POLK & CO., Publ's


PUBLISHERS


GENERAL INDEX


PAGE


Abbreviations


32


Alphabetical Directory 33


Apartment Buildings 1075


Assessors


9


Association of North American Direc-


tory Publishers. 104 Buyers' Guide


Associations and Clubs-Commercial . 1077


Buildings, Office and Public


1089


Business Directory (Providence) 1073


Buyers' Guide


opp 1072


Cemeteries


1093


Chamber of Commerce


.3 Buyers' Guide


Charitable Institutions


1093


Churches


1094


City Government 9


Classified Business Directory (Prov) 1073


Classified Business Directory (State) 1201


Clubs


1099


Commercial Organizations 1077


Congressional Districts


17


County Officers 16


Courts


16, 17


Custom Houses 17


Director of Public Welfare 9


Fire Department


10


General Directory


33


Halls


1125


PAGE


Homes and Asylums


1126


House Directory


845


House of Representatives 15


Index to Advertisers 4


Justices of the Peace 17


Legal Holidays


17


Libraries 11


Military 12


Parks in Providence 19


Police Department


10


Post Office


19


Railroads


1173


Rhode Island State Business Directory 1201


Rhode Island State Government 12


Rhode Island State Guard 12


Schools


10, 1180


Senators


15


Sheriffs


16


Societies


1184


State Government


12


Statistical Review


7


Street and Avenue Guide 845


Town and City Clerks 17


U S District Court 17


U S Government Officers


17


Wharves


19


4


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


THE PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES


PAGE


PAGE


Aetna Finance Co


68


Corbett & Quirk


Akerman-Standard Co The


87


Corp Brothers


Allen & Reed Inc


86


County Loan & Finance Corp .. left bottom lines and


Allenson Bros


97


Almy Water-Tube Boiler Co


18 Cranston Oil Service .right corner cards and


American Brass Company The


66 Crook Frank Inc


American Emery Wheel Works


77


American Gill Screw Co The


73


American Multiple Fabric Co


48


American Raw Hide Products Co


88


American Screw Co


96


American Surety Co of New York


54


Anderson Sheet Metal Co Inc The


97


Arnold, Hoffman & Co Inc


29


Automobile Mutual Insurance Co of America


inside back cover


Ballou, Johnson & Nichols Co


49


Barker, Chadsey & Co


47


Barney Walter C


54


Barrett W E Co The


right bottom lines and


97


Beach & Sweet Incorporated


. back cover and 52


Beacon Finance Co .left top lines and


68


Bennett Window Shade Co


102


Bergin & Slide . left bottom lines and 92 Gamwell & Ingraham .. back cover, right top lines and


Better Business Bureau of Providence


19


Gardiner Charles C Lumber Co


Better Homes Wall Paper Co


101


Blackstone Canal National Bank of Providence The ..


right top lines and 6 Gilbane Building Co


Blanchard Organization The


. back cover and 50 22


Bond Stores Inc


30


Gorton Frank R & Sons


Bowerman Bros


Braley's Creamery Inc


Brooks Gilbert F & Co


Grinnell Company Inc


Brown, Lisle & Marshall


23


Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co


C


Brunnckow C G Co


98 Hall J C Co The


96 Harris Textile Machinery Co


Harris William H


21 Harrison A & Co Inc


Hennessey Laundry Co .... right top corner cards and


High Street Bank & Trust Company


Hill James Mfg Co


Holmes George R Inc


Holt Robert G & Associates


.left top lines and


Campanella & Cardi Construction Co


Campbell Duncan B


.right bottom lines and 92


Capwell A A Co


5


Hooper-Holmes Bureau Inc


Hope Building Co Inc The .. right top corner cards and 34


75


31 79 4 93 69 7


17 International Detective Service Inc.right top lines and Interstate Home Equipment Co


Irons & Russell Co


J & H Electric Co


14 Jackson Harry


47 John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co


Johnson Bros


Johnson E A Company .left bottom lines and


Collins Wm E Fuel Co right corner cards and 31 Johnson Oliver & Co Inc


Colonial Finance Corp right top lines and 69 Johnson & Wales Business School


Columbus National Bank of Providence


14


Colvin Foundry Co


Congdon & Carpenter Co The.


Conley & Straight Inc inside front cover and front cover


95


Kerwin Herbert A


Keystone Oil & Coal Co


32


Cooke Henry W Co .right top lines and 92 Kidder, Peabody & Co


23


74 98 44 77 44 85 92 X 86 73 46


28 67 15 76 49 57 99


Builders Specialties Co back cover and 25


Cady Moving & Storage Co


78


Calder Charles G Inc .right top lines and 2 34


Carpenter & Wood Co


41


Hurley Richard A


. right corner cards and


right top corner cards and


Carter Barnett & Co


4


Cartier M N & Sons Company Inc . .. left top lines and 83 Interlaken Mills


Centreville National Bank


Charter Bus Corporation .left bottom lines and 26


Chase Lumber Company


Citizens Finance Company right bottom lines and


Citizens Savings Bank .left top lines and


City Hall Hardware Co


Cogens Inc .left top lines and


2


Collateral Loan Co


69


42 Kaplan's


right top corner cards and 96 65


Kennecott Wire & Cable Co


102


Howard Realty Co


.right top lines and


Carlson S & Son


81


Carpenter John B Inc .right top lines and 91


Howe H M Co Inc


Industrial Trust Co top edge and 100 2 45 65 40 37 57 62 87 82


Horton H R Co


Home Service Inc Hood H P & Sons Inc .left bottom lines and 76 61 33


Cardi Antonio B


Cardi D Inc .right bottom lines and 34 60 Howard Clothes Corp


Carey Edmund F


. front cover and 52


Buffinton F H Co


Builders Concrete Units & Tile Corp


right bottom lines and X


33 38 22


Gowdey J A Reed & Harness Mfg Co The Graham Funeral Service .right corner cards and


Gross G L & H J Inc .... right bottom lines and 56 and Guertin Oil Company .left bottom lines and


Bryant College


Budlong Sylvester M Agency


Garrahan William H & Co right top lines and 56 Gerber's Inc. . left top lines and 65 35


Goff James C Company right corner cards and


Bodell & Co Inc


Goff & Page Co


Crandall Edward S .left bottom lines and 75 80 4 Crown Hotel The 48 Curran & Burton Inc left bottom lines and 31 Doe and Little Fuel Co .right top lines and 31 Drabble Irving H Dun & Bradstreet Inc 44 75 Dupuis Frank Company 85 Eastern Coal and Oil Co .right top lines and 32 55 Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U. S. 55 Foster J A Co . back cover and Fox C J Co The 64 21 99 Freeman E L Company .left bottom lines and Fuller Building Co Fuller Winfield Company Inc 25 55 56 34 Gallivan & Co Inc Gammino M A Construction Co Gammons John A Inc 56 51 71


.right corner cards and 43 102 69


Kennedy's Inc .right bottom lines and 30 98


Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co 55


71 68


Carroll Robert F Sons The .right corner cards and 43 Industrial Finance Co


5


PAGE


Laudati Roger Inc .. 2 Knight & Gilbert Inc Knowles' Horace B Sons Inc .front cover and 43 72 Lepore Fiore .


Liberty Laundry Inc The


Lincoln National Life Insurance Co The


57


Lincoln Trust Co front cover and 15


Littlefield & Co Livermore & Knight Co Local Finance Co of Providence


.right corner cards


Loyalty Group M R T Company Inc


MacColl, Fraser & Co


Maguire Roofing Company


Manchester & Hudson Co .right bottom lines and


Mann George & Co Inc Mariani A A & Son


Massachusetts Indemnity Insurance Co


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co


58


Mass Protective Companies of Worcester, Mass


McDuff Coal & Lumber Co


McKendall F D Lumber Co


Mckinnon Construction Company


right top corner cards and 35 74


McWilliams Mfg Co Inc The


Mechanics National Bank of Providence The


Merchant A W Inc


left bottom lines and


Michaels-Bauer Co


Miller Chas Co Miller & George


.left bottom lines and 82 24


Modern Laundry Inc


67


Monahan T F & Son


Monroe Loan Society of Rhode Island Inc


right bottom lines and 70


Mortgage Guarantee & Title Co .. . bottom edge and 91


Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York The 59 70


Mutual System of Providence Inc .. right top lines and


Mutual Trust Life Insurance Co


Narragansett Electric Company The .. left top lines and Narragansett Hotel


Narragansett Improvement Co


36 9


National Paper Co The


right top corner cards and 62 84 93 74


Nevin J Benjamin Co New England Butt Co


New England Mutual Life Insurance Co


59 Sugarman Max Funeral Home


Shepard Company The .right top lines and Shippee E W & Sons Inc Silva M Curtis front cover and 39 54 81 73 Soule Henry M Co Smith E E Co Inc. Smith-Gibbs Company The Spencer & Preston Starkweather J U Company Starkweather & Shepley Inc. front edge and 47 36 60 28 Y 83 Starkweather & Williams Inc Stone C Moulton Co 68 78 left top lines and pages 45 and 61 26 Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada. Swan Point Cemetery Swanson G Fred Inc 37 37 Swift-McNutt Co of R I Tanner Walter E S 84 22 93


Taylor Box Co


Taylor Forrest W Inc Taylor O P .front cover and 94 38 99


Terminix Co of New England


Thurston Mfg Co


10.1 Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island


Tower James H Iron Works The


Turks Head Coal Co


Union Finance Co


Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co


Union Trust Co


60 U S Gutta Percha Paint Co


Vaughn L Co Victor Cleansing Co


80 Waterman Engineering Co


Watson E L Co Inc front cover and 61 95


left top lines and 16 Weston D M & Co Inc


Phenix Trust Company


Phillips Roscoe W


Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co


Presbrey A A & Son Company Inc


Providence Biltmore Hotel. . ... right bottom lines and Providence Blue Print Co Inc


Providence Box & Lumber Co


Providence Buick Company


PAGE 3 Providence Gas Co. . right top and right bottom lines and 46 Providence Institution for Savings .... left top lines and 11 Providence Journal Co


right top and right bottom lines and 79


Providence Lithograph Co The


87


Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co The. . left top lines Providence National Bank .left top lines and 12


Providence Paper Co right bottom lines and 84 Providence Washington Insurance Co B 70 53


88 Public Loan Corp


Puritan Life Insurance Company


Putney J & Co .right bottom lines and 81 36


Quinn T J & Son Inc Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Providence .. back bone, right top lines and 89


Remington Horace & Son Co


R I Builders Supply Co


Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co


Rhode Island Insurance Co


Rhode Island Label Works Inc


Rhode Island Laundry Co Inc


Rhode Island Sand & Gravel Co Inc


Rhode Island Supply Co . . left bottom lines and Rhode Island Supply & Engineering Co Riker J W


Roberts Manufacturing Co


Rock Wool Insulation Co of Rhode Island


right top corner cards and Roger Williams Savings Fund and Loan Association right top corner cards and 18


Rogers Jewelry Co


Royal Pen Shop right bottom lines and


Rueckert Manufacturing Co


Rumford Chemical Works


Sallinger Financing Service


Sayles & French Inc


Sears, Roebuck & Co .right bottom lines


Sessions-Gifford Co Inc


Shaw Paper Box Co


59 39 48


New Method Finance Corp .. .. right bottom lines and 70 Newcomb C F Inc 59 Newell Coal & Lumber Co 72 42 62 57


Nicholson File Co


Nightingale, Baker & Salisbury


Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co


Oakland Cemetery


O'Connell J T Co Inc .left bottom lines and Office Appliance Co The


26 47 80


Old Colony Co-operative Bank .left top lines and 17 49 36


Orr John J & Son


Outlet Company The .left top lines and 38


Owens Henry & Co


Oxford Press Paige C D & Co .right bottom lines and


Palmer Spring Co .left bottom lines and


Payne F S Co .right top lines and 40


Pellett William P & Son Inc Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company The


Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co


left bottom lines and 81 U S Ring Traveler Co


Peoples Savings Bank in Providence


Peoples Storage Warehouse Co Petroleum Heat & Power Co


Phenix National Bank of Providence The


left top lines and 10 Walker Electric Co 99 Wallace R E


.right bottom lines and 94 41


16 73 White Fuel Co 60 White J S Co White A A Co Inc .left top lines and 86 33 42 94 76 21 White Willis H & Sons Co 48 Whiting Milk Co .left bottom lines and 45 66


18 Williams J H & Co


20 Williams & Anderson Co Inc The


4 Yellow Cab Company .left bottom lines and 101


13 95 75 Y 88 67 37 46 86 93 21 49


Providence Chamber of Commerce The


74 88 53 5


78


right top lines and 90 63 32 71 61 17 83 77 24 30 41


Taylor-Symonds Co


Olneyville Ice Company


left top lines and 8 35 64


65 84 26 27 71 32 28 22


National Bank of Commerce and Trust Co The National Co-operative Service


45


58 66 23 95 25 28 44


left top lines and 58 58 72 72


23


Lewis John D Incorporated LeBon Bleach & Dye Works Inc 101 35 27 67


6


INTRODUCTION


R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Direc- tories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1943 edition of the Provi- dence City Directory including a Business Directory of the State of Rhode Island.


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.


SIX MAJOR DEPARTMENTS The six major departments are arranged in the following order :-


THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 7 to 19, 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 in pages 33 to 843, 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 Providence, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 845 to 1072. 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 inter- secting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 1072 and separately paged from 1 to 104, 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 information 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 included in pages 1073 to 1199, on yellow paper. This department 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 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 RHODE ISLAND STATE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY will be found on pages 1201 to 1270, on white paper. This department is arranged alphabetically by business and Post Office.


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.


7


City Directory Statistical Review


Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted by Association of North American Directory Publishers (Information furnished by the Providence Chamber of Commerce) PROVIDENCE, R. I., SOUTHERN GATEWAY OF NEW ENGLAND


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 effective in its entirety January 1, 1941.


Population: 253,504 (1940 Bureau of Census Estimate).


Area: 18.34 square miles.


Altitude: Maximum 210 feet; minimum 4 feet.


Assessed Valuation: $417,802,689.


Predominating Nationalities in City: Native Americans, Italians, Irish, Eng- lish and Swedish.


Parks and Playgrounds: Sixty-five Parks covering a total of 961 acres, thirty- five Playgrounds covering 4,855,633 square feet.


Total City's Bonded Debt: $69,992,000 (Sept. 30, 1942).


Financial: Sixteen banks, six trust companies and four savings banks.


Post Office Stamp Sales Receipts: $2,254,706.55 (11 months).


Telephones in Service: (Not available).


Church Buildings: 121.


Building and Construction: Value of building permits to Jan. 1, 1943, $1,400,- 300.


Real Estate: $404,392,480.


Tax Rate: $2.50 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 within the trading area covering a radius of thirty miles.


Hotels: There are twenty-two hotels. Newest hotel was built in 1922 (Provi- dence Biltmore).


Railroads: New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.


Steamship Lines: Providence Tow & Steamboat Co.


Air Transport: The State of Rhode Island owns and maintains what is one of the largest and very finest airports in the United States. During the summer of 1935, there were constructed hard-surfaced runways 150 feet wide and 3000 feet long which will permit the landing and departure of the very largest airships with the greatest possible safety and convenience. The field is also equipped with all lighting facilities so that planes, including American Airlines, Inc. - have superior trunk line, passenger, mail and express service from the state airport which is located at Hills- grove, a twenty-five minute run by auto from the heart of the city, to all parts of the country.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.