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Jaburg Bros. 1912 – Bakery Supplies – Stapleton Waterfront, SI
© Fulton History dot com (Thomas Tryniski)
© Frank H. Jump
The building at 150 Front Street features five-to-one common brick bond construction and a central gable-roofed monitor extending the length of the building between Front Street and the Staten Island Railway viaduct. Corbelled cornices ornament the monitor’s gable end as well as the two flanking one-story structures and the eastern portion of the southern elevation facing Thompson Street. Raised letters stating the year “1912” and the name “Jaburg Bros.” occupy the monitor peak.
Based upon the dated cornice, 1912 likely was the year the larger monitor structure at 150 Front Street was built. Both buildings appear on 1917 insurance maps. Insurance maps indicate that Jaburg Brothers manufactured bakers’ machinery, utensils, and woodenware (Sanborn 1917). A good example of early-twentieth-century industrial architecture, the 150 Front Street building has previously been determined eligible for listing on the S/NR. The eligible property consists of the entire lot. – NEW STAPLETON WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
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National Baker 1915 © Google Books
- Jaburg Bros., Inc., 94 Hudson. Tel. Walker 2600 – WHITE-ORR’S 1930 CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY–NEW YORK CITY SECTION – Bklyn Genealogy
New York Times – June 6, 1918 – CLICK FOR FULL ARTICLE
Resources:
- National Baker – 1915 – Google Books
- New York Herald, January 18, 1912 – Fulton History dot com
- New Stapleton Waterfront Development Plan – Sept, 2006
- $20,000 PENALTY FOR PROFITEERING – New York Times, June 6, 1918
Rare Vintage Small Sitting Cat Chocolate Candy Mold #14 Jaburg Bros – Ebay
Fiftieth Anniversay Jaburg Bros Inc – 1885 – 1939 – Ebay
SIRTOA MW – Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority [Marine Warehouse?]
SIRTOA MW © Frank H. Jump
SIRTOA MW © Frank H. Jump
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the only rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States. – Wikipedia
Writing above can be seen with false color adj. and grayscale conv. – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – indecipherable – © Frank H. Jump
Farrell Lumber – Port Richmond, SI
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A landmarked family-owned Staten Island lumber company, H.S. Farrell Inc., Port Richmond, is liquidating its inventory to close for business.
“It’s been a very, very very tough decision,” said Thomas Farrell, 48, who runs the Port Richmond enterprise with his father, Robert. His uncle, Donald, who had also operated the business passed away in May 2008.
“This was a couple months in the planning but it was really a few years in the making. The last five, seven, eight years we haven’t been able to sustain a profit,” said Farrell, citing competition from Home Depot, Lowes and the economy.
The company had been in business 120 years.
The family-owned business had built a solid reputation for hard work, customer service, innovation and perseverance through tough economic times.
H.S. Farrell Lumber and Millwork began as the Alvin Conklin Planing Mill in 1888. It was a physically demanding hands-on enterprise exclusively operated by men.
The venture hit its first major milestone in 1912, when Harry Farrell, who was Conklin’s nephew, bought the mill. Two years later, the new owner changed the company name to H.S. Farrell Lumber and Millwork, but it wasn’t until shortly before Farrell’s untimely death, 24 years later, that the business expanded its scope.
Farrell’s widow, Marion, who up until then had been the mill’s bookkeeper, broke tradition and took command of the business. Her action did more than ensure the mill’s continuation; it highlighted the competency of women entrepreneurs and paved the way for her sons, Robert and Donald, to step into the venture.
— Reported by Stephannia Cleaton for Staten Island Advance on March 02, 2009
