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After 73 years of selling lumber and building materials to professional
contractors and
homebuilders, Arlington Coal & Lumber Company is the best place to
shop for quality lumber products, backed with the best knowledge and service
the industry has to offer.
In 1875 - The main office building of Arlington Coal Company was built
and has played many roles in the town’s history. At one time, it was an
important civic center for the town. The second floor auditorium, Union Hall,
was one of several such meeting facilities around town, and served many
purposes. It was the site of religious services while various Protestant
denominations waited for their churches to be built; dancing classes and
dramatic productions were held there; the Arlington Zouaves, a quasi-military
marching society, met in the hall; and in 1885 it was even used for roller
skating. The first floor, then and now, was used for commercial purposes, and
the building once housed the Arlington Heights branch of the public library.
In 1914 - The Arlington Coal Company was founded at 41 Park Avenue in
Arlington Massachusetts. The Arlington Coal Company was a dealer of coal,
lumber, hay, straw, lime, and cement. The operation was a coal distributor
serving the high demand for coal in the early twentieth century. Shipments of
coal would arrive by The Boston & Maine Railroad, offloading into large
coal shoots.
In 1929 - New owners purchased Arlington Coal Company, and immediately
changed the name to incorporate the new focus on lumber and building materials. Arlington Coal Company became Arlington Coal &
Lumber Company on April 16, 1929.
In 1951 - The Minuteman Bike Path now covers the tracks, but many customers still come in with stories of sliding down the massive shoots as children. The coal shoots were destroyed in the massive fire of 1951.
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Arlington Coal & Lumber Company, Inc. |
Wilmington Builders Supply Company 334 Main Street Wilmington, MA 01887 info@wilmbuild.com Telephone & Fax Phone: (978) 658-4620 Toll Free Phone: (800) 254-8500 Fax: (978) 657-5844 |
Sudbury Lumber Company 28 Union Avenue PO Box 883 Sudbury, MA 01776-0833 info@sudburylumber.com Telephone & Fax Phone: (978) 443-1680 Toll Free Phone: (800) 585-1680 Fax: (978) 443-4129 |
Chelmsford Lumber Company 201 Boston Road Chelmsford, MA 01824 info@chelmsfordlumber.com Telephone & Fax Phone: (978) 244-0222 |
Kitchen Design Center 23 Industrial Way Wilmington, MA info@arlcoal.com Telephone & Toll Phone: (978) 694-4550 Toll Free Phone: (800) 649-8101 |
Kitchen Design Center at Arlington Coal & Lumber 23 Industrial Way Wilmington, MA info@arlcoal.com Telephone & Toll Phone: (781) 643-8100 Toll Free Phone: (800) 649-8101 |
