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Lumber yards, hardware stores, plumbers listed in directories 1882-1901
What's on this page:
- Lumber yards listed in directories 1884-1901
- Hardware stores and plumbers listed in directories 1882-1901
- 20th-century Lumberyards, hardware stores, plumbing
- 19th-century Contracting and construction
- 19th-century Decor, furnishings, appliances
- Property sales and building design
There is some overlap among pages for Contracting and construction, Lumber yards and hardware stores, and Building decor, furnishings and appliances, so please also visit the other related pages.
Lumber yards listed in directories 1884-1901:
1884-1886 city directoryIn business listings:
Kreyscher Bros. & Yoch, planing mill, N Centre at borough line
In 1883 Louis Kreyscher wrote to the Keck Lumberyard in White Haven to ask for some stock to have on hand while he began his own planing mill in Freeland. Twelve years later the ad for Kreyscher Bros.' Freeland Planing Mill at top left of this page ran in the 1895 city directory.
1886-1888 city directory
In business listings:
Kreyscher Bros. & Yoch, planing mill, N Centre at borough line
1895 Freeland city directory
In business listings:
Freeland Lumber Co., N. J. Owens, Treasurer; Jesse B. Davis, Secretary; corner Carbon and Adams near L V R R
Shellhamer, E. B., [listed under Coal and wood], 37 Centre
1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. map
Freeland Lumber Co.
1897 city directory
In business listings:
Freeland Lumber Co. - N. J. Owen mgr., Carbon corner Adams
1897 city directory
In individual listings:
Owen, N. J., mgr., Freeland Lumber Co., E Front near Birkbeck, h
Scott, R. K., lumber, 100 S Washington, h
1900 Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. map
Freeland Lumber Co.
Hardware stores listed in directories 1882-1901:
1882-1884 city directory
In business listings:
Eckert, William J., hardware, &c, Centre near Main
1884-1886 city directoryIn business listings:
Biechy, C. R., hardware, 45 S. Centre
Eckert, William J., hardware, &c, Centre near Main
Hill, John, plumber, Front near Centre
The 1888 ad for Charles Schoener indicates that he bought out his partner G. W. Kocher's interest and was now opening under his own name.
1886-1888 city directory
In business listings:
Williamson, William, hardware, 35 S. Centre
1889 mercantile directoryIn business listings:
Eckert, W. J. - Hardware, etc.
Williamson, Wm. - Hardware, etc.
1890 ad for F. P. Maloy's building supplies (M. J. Moran, manager) from the Freeland Tribune. Another 1890 ad for G. A. Solg, plumber and steam fitter. And in 1890 this ad ran to say that C. D. Rohrbach had bought the stock of W. J. Eckert and was opening under his own name.
John M. Cunnius lived in South Heberton and so didn't show up in these early directories of Freeland, but in Bradsby's 1893 history he writes of Cunnius: proprietor of the Freeland Planing mill, builder, and contractor, and dealer in all kinds of building material, Freeland ... In 1872, he engaged in contracting and building, which he has since successfully pursued. He makes a specialty of building contracts, and constantly employs from fifteen to twenty mechanics. In 1890 he purchased the Freeland Planing mill, and has since utilized that institution to great advantage in his business.
1895 Freeland city directoryIn business listings:
Birkbeck, William - Centre corner Main
Rohrbach, C. [Calvin] D. - 136 Centre
Williamson, William - Front corner Washington
1894 ad for Williamson's store from Carol Jones. 1893 envelope from William Williamson's hardware store has stamp commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus arriving in America.
1897 city directoryIn business listings:
Birkbeck, William - Centre corner Main
Jones, D. P. - 120 S Centre
Rohrbach, C. D. - 128 Centre
Williamson, William - Front corner Washington
This 1891 ad for Birkbeck's highlights hunting supplies and bicycles, but they were primarily a hardware store and specialized in stoves.
1897 city directory
In individual listings:
Birkbeck, William, hardware, plumbing, Centre corner Main, w; 41 Johnson h
Jones, D. P., hardware, 120 S. Centre, h, w
Rohrbach, C. D., hardware, 128 Centre, h, w
Williamson, William, hardware, Front cor Washington, w, home at E Walnut
1900-1901 city directoryIn business listings:
Birkbeck, Joseph, hardware, stoves, tinware, picture frames, sporting goods, wall paper, etc.
Birkbeck, William, hardware, stoves, etc.
Eckert, William J., hardware, &c., Centre
O'Boyle, Michael, hardware, tinware, plumbing, and manufacturer of miner's lamps, Centre
Williamson, William, hardware, etc., Front and Washington
Birkbeck's Hardware at Centre and Main. Photo courtesy of Tom Landers, Joe Flanagan and the Freeland Historical Society.