Worcester Business Journal

May 30, 2022

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wbjournal.com | May 30, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 17 W O R C E S T E R ' S 3 0 0 Y E A R S F O C U S Oldest business in Worcester Ranked by year founded Company Year founded/ industry Founder or historical figure Historical notes Current top executive 1 American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury St., Worcester 01609 508-755-5221 • www.americanantiquarian.org 1812 Nonprofit Isaiah Thomas founder The Antiquarian Society's first headquarters was at Lincoln Square. The collections were moved to the current location in 1910. Scott E. Casper president 2 Fletcher Tilton PC 370 Main St., 12th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-459-8000 • fletchertilton.com 1822 Law firm Ira Moore Barton founder Private practice until 1845 when Peter Bacon joined the firm, creating Barton & Bacon Kirk A. Carter president 3 EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester 01604 508-929-2700 • www.ecotarium.org 1825 Museum Founded by a 14-person consortium Originally named Worcester Lyceum of Natural History Noreen Johnson Smith president & CEO 4 Worcester Academy 81 Providence St., Worcester 01604 508-754-5302 • www.worcesteracademy.org 1834 Private secondary school Isaac Davis president, board of trustees Originally established as the Worcester County Manual Labor High School Kevin Breen head of school 5 Worcester County Mechanics Assoc. 321 Main St., Worcester 508-752-5608 • www.mechanicshall.org 1842 Nonprofit Ichabod Washburn president Ordered the building of Mechanics Hall in 1857 Kathleen Gagne executive director 6 College of the Holy Cross 1 College St., Worcester 01610 508-793-2011 • www.holycross.edu 1843 Higher education Benedict Joseph Fenwick founder Built on the site of Fr. James Fitton's boys' academy Vincent D. Rougeau president 7 Allmerica Financial / Hanover Insurance Group 440 Lincoln St., Worcester 01653 508-855-1000 • hanover.com 1844 Property and casualty insurance John Davis founder Founded as State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America, the company would become Allmerica Financial until 2005 when it was renamed The Hanover Insurance Group. John C. Roche CEO 7 Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. 75 Hammond St., Worcester 01610 508-755-4000 • www.pwrr.com 1844 Railroad John Lincoln Paul Whitin Samuel Wood incorporators From 1889 to 1973 The New Haven operated the Providence & Worcester. Today it is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. John C. Hellman CEO, Genesee & Wyoming 9 Children's Friend Inc. 21 Cedar St., Worcester 01609 508-753-5425 • www.childrensfriend.org 1849 Nonprofit Harriet Ware founder Began as an orphan's home. Today it is an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation. David A. Jordan president, Seven Hills Foundation 10 YMCA of Central Massachusetts 766 Main St., Worcester 01610 508-755-6101 • ymcaofcm.org 1864 Nonprofit Frederick Clapp president Originally rented space on the second floor of Mechanics Hall for operations David Connell president & CEO 11 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road, Worcester 01609-2280 508-831-5000 • www.wpi.edu 1865 Higher education John Boynton Ichabod Washburn founders The university's first two buildings were Boynton Hall, where science and engineering classes were taught, and the Washburn Shops, a functioning manufacturing plant. Winston Oluwole Soboyejo interim president 12 Worcester Telegram & Gazette 100 Front St., Worcester 01615 508-793-9100 • www.telegram.com 1866 Newspaper S.B. Bartholomew publisher Founded as the Worcester Evening Gazette, the Telegram & Gazette is now owned by Gannett Mike Reed CEO, Gannett 13 Worcester State University 486 Chandler St., Worcester 01602 508-929-8000 • www.worcester.edu 1874 Higher education Rebecca Jones apprentice supervisor E. Harlow Russell principal Founded as the Worcester Normal School on St. Ann's Hill Barry M. Maloney president 14 Worcester Historical Museum 30 Elm St., Worcester 01609 508-753-8278 • www.worcesterhistory.org 1875 Museum Samuel Staples founder Founded as the Worcester Society of Antiquity, the society's first headquarters was in the Worcester National Bank Building at 11 Foster St. William D. Wallace executive director 15 Polar Beverages 1001 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-753-4300 • www.polarbev.com 1882 Food manufacturing Dennis Crowley founder Polar has been owned and operated by the Crowley family since its founding. Ralph D. Crowley, Jr. president & CEO Source: Company websites, company representatives, news reports, press releases. List is composed of businesses founded in Worcester with a continued presence in the city. -Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com LO KING Many of our doctors are welcoming new patients. Meet them at reliantmedicalgroup.org. for a new doctor?

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