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In the second half of the 19th century, the store went by the name Slocum's Store, [16] until it was purchased by the Davolls at the start of the 20th century when its name changed to Davolls General Store. [17] The Davolls co-owned the store with Nancy Slocum and Australian whaler John Thomas Sherratt. [18] One of their employees was Chester ...
The Upper North Street Commercial District is a historic district on the north side of downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States.Representing an expansion of Pittsfield's historic downtown area northward from Park Square in the late 19th century, the district encompasses primarily commercial buildings fronting on North Street between Columbus and Madison Avenues on the west side, and ...
At its peak in the late 1980s, there were a total of 29 Harts Stores, [citation needed] but towards the end of 1990, the company decided to favor the Big Bear Plus store format over the Harts general merchandise format and started to slowly shutter or convert all remaining Harts locations.
The town was made up of a large part of land from Shrewsbury and the remainder from Lancaster [3] and was known as the North Parish of Shrewsbury from 1742 until 1786, when it was incorporated as Boylston. [4] Boylston was named after Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), [5] [6] a benefactor of the town. The fund he set up in 1797 finally ...
Pittsfield is bordered by Lanesborough to the north, Dalton to the east, Washington to the southeast, Lenox to the south, Richmond to the southwest, and Hancock to the west. Pittsfield is 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Springfield, 99 miles (159 km) west of Worcester, 135 miles (217 km) west of Boston, and 39 miles (63 km) east of Albany, New York.
In 1863, General George B. McClellan received a silver Shreve's box for his efforts in the American Civil War. [ 1 ] In the 1870s, Shreve, Crump & Low began working in semi-precious metals, creating the chandelier and sounding board for Trinity Church, Boston and lighting for the Old South Church and the Parker House Hotel .
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Wilson's was a full line department store in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It first opened in 1882, [1] and closed in 2020. The original business, known as the Boston Store, was owned and operated by the White Brothers from 1882 to 1896. Its original frontage was only 25 feet, but it thrived and doubled in size.