SMITH & LOVETT, Blacksmiths and Machinists, and Manufacturers of Architectural Iron Work, 125, 127 and 129 Albany Street
[1883] To two generations of Bostonians, no house has been so familiar, in connection with the iron-working industry, as that conducted under the style of Smith & Lovett.[*] This date, however, does not correctly represent the foundation of the house, not the length of time which the present sole proprietor, Mr. Joseph Lovett, has been connected with it. Its establishment took place in 1813, when Deacon [Daniel] Safford began the working of iron in a small shop on Devonshire Street, near the site of the presently stately edifice known as the "Rialto" building [131 Devonshire St, long demolished]. Mr. Lovett entered the house in 1827, and has ever since been actuvely engaged in the management of its affairs -- a period now covering 55 years. ...
This, therefore, is the oldest house in its line in Boston. For many years the firm has been one of the leading manufacturers of Iron-work for Architectural purposes; and the products of their house may be found in buildings on all the streets of commercial Boston, as well as in hundreds of private residences.
[Account continues with extensive description of the manufacturing establishment] Source: Commerce, Manufactures & Resources of Boston, Mass: A Historical, Statistical & Descriptive Review (1883), p. 61
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* The original partnership of Smith and Lovett was with Albert W. Smith (1805-1871). On his retirement in 1855, he ceded his share of the business to his nephew, Ammi Smith (1826-1876).
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Joseph Lovett married Lavina Evans (1815-1882) in 1836. About 1876-78 they built a large and fashionable Second-Empire residence at 504 Warren St.(pictured, this page). However, after his wife's death, Joseph Lovett retired to his son's house in South Braintree, and then to Wollaston.
[1883] To two generations of Bostonians, no house has been so familiar, in connection with the iron-working industry, as that conducted under the style of Smith & Lovett.[*] This date, however, does not correctly represent the foundation of the house, not the length of time which the present sole proprietor, Mr. Joseph Lovett, has been connected with it. Its establishment took place in 1813, when Deacon [Daniel] Safford began the working of iron in a small shop on Devonshire Street, near the site of the presently stately edifice known as the "Rialto" building [131 Devonshire St, long demolished]. Mr. Lovett entered the house in 1827, and has ever since been actuvely engaged in the management of its affairs -- a period now covering 55 years. ...
This, therefore, is the oldest house in its line in Boston. For many years the firm has been one of the leading manufacturers of Iron-work for Architectural purposes; and the products of their house may be found in buildings on all the streets of commercial Boston, as well as in hundreds of private residences.
[Account continues with extensive description of the manufacturing establishment] Source: Commerce, Manufactures & Resources of Boston, Mass: A Historical, Statistical & Descriptive Review (1883), p. 61
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* The original partnership of Smith and Lovett was with Albert W. Smith (1805-1871). On his retirement in 1855, he ceded his share of the business to his nephew, Ammi Smith (1826-1876).
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Joseph Lovett married Lavina Evans (1815-1882) in 1836. About 1876-78 they built a large and fashionable Second-Empire residence at 504 Warren St.(pictured, this page). However, after his wife's death, Joseph Lovett retired to his son's house in South Braintree, and then to Wollaston.
SMITH & LOVETT, Blacksmiths and Machinists, and Manufacturers of Architectural Iron Work, 125, 127 and 129 Albany Street
[1883] To two generations of Bostonians, no house has been so familiar, in connection with the iron-working industry, as that conducted under the style of Smith & Lovett.[*] This date, however, does not correctly represent the foundation of the house, not the length of time which the present sole proprietor, Mr. Joseph Lovett, has been connected with it. Its establishment took place in 1813, when Deacon [Daniel] Safford began the working of iron in a small shop on Devonshire Street, near the site of the presently stately edifice known as the "Rialto" building [131 Devonshire St, long demolished]. Mr. Lovett entered the house in 1827, and has ever since been actuvely engaged in the management of its affairs -- a period now covering 55 years. ...
This, therefore, is the oldest house in its line in Boston. For many years the firm has been one of the leading manufacturers of Iron-work for Architectural purposes; and the products of their house may be found in buildings on all the streets of commercial Boston, as well as in hundreds of private residences.
[Account continues with extensive description of the manufacturing establishment] Source: Commerce, Manufactures & Resources of Boston, Mass: A Historical, Statistical & Descriptive Review (1883), p. 61
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* The original partnership of Smith and Lovett was with Albert W. Smith (1805-1871). On his retirement in 1855, he ceded his share of the business to his nephew, Ammi Smith (1826-1876).
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Joseph Lovett married Lavina Evans (1815-1882) in 1836. About 1876-78 they built a large and fashionable Second-Empire residence at 504 Warren St.(pictured, this page). However, after his wife's death, Joseph Lovett retired to his son's house in South Braintree, and then to Wollaston.
[1883] To two generations of Bostonians, no house has been so familiar, in connection with the iron-working industry, as that conducted under the style of Smith & Lovett.[*] This date, however, does not correctly represent the foundation of the house, not the length of time which the present sole proprietor, Mr. Joseph Lovett, has been connected with it. Its establishment took place in 1813, when Deacon [Daniel] Safford began the working of iron in a small shop on Devonshire Street, near the site of the presently stately edifice known as the "Rialto" building [131 Devonshire St, long demolished]. Mr. Lovett entered the house in 1827, and has ever since been actuvely engaged in the management of its affairs -- a period now covering 55 years. ...
This, therefore, is the oldest house in its line in Boston. For many years the firm has been one of the leading manufacturers of Iron-work for Architectural purposes; and the products of their house may be found in buildings on all the streets of commercial Boston, as well as in hundreds of private residences.
[Account continues with extensive description of the manufacturing establishment] Source: Commerce, Manufactures & Resources of Boston, Mass: A Historical, Statistical & Descriptive Review (1883), p. 61
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* The original partnership of Smith and Lovett was with Albert W. Smith (1805-1871). On his retirement in 1855, he ceded his share of the business to his nephew, Ammi Smith (1826-1876).
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Joseph Lovett married Lavina Evans (1815-1882) in 1836. About 1876-78 they built a large and fashionable Second-Empire residence at 504 Warren St.(pictured, this page). However, after his wife's death, Joseph Lovett retired to his son's house in South Braintree, and then to Wollaston.
