Alonzo S. Drisko born in Addison, Maine in 1829, "came to Boston in 1850 and began business as a builder in 1864 -- having worked for the four previous years with prominent builders in the city -- forming the firm of Laming & Drisko. This was continued until 1881, when he succeeded to the business. Mr. Drisko has done a large amount of domestic work, and has an extended experience in the building of family hotels and residences, furnishing his own plans for many of them. He built the Globe after the great fire of 1872. His firm had built fifty-one of the buildings which were burned down in that fire, and afterwards rebuilt thirty-six of the. They had charge of the interior work of the Rialto Building, Hotel Lafayette, Clifford House, and many other prominent buildings. Mr. Drisko's latest work is seen in the large Emerson Piano Building; and in a number of fine residences in suburban districts, that built for S.S. Rowe at Roxville Park [27 Rockville Park], from plans drawn by Mr. Drisko, being especially unique, attractive and roomy, although erected on a triangular lot. Mr. Drisko is also secretary and manager of the Rogers Water Meter Company." [Boston of Today (1892), p. 215]
In a notice in the Boston Post (4/16/1895) announcing new Mt Hope Cemetery trustees, of which Drisko was named as one, the paper noted that "he is now building the Worthington Building on State Street. He is a lot owner in Mt. Hope Cemetery, and resides on Warren Street in Roxbury. He has never in any way been identified with political affairs, but as a business man he is well and favorably known throughout the city."
During his professional career, he filed a variety of patents: in 1872 with his brother Oramander, he filed a patent for slats for bedsteads; another for a camp stool in 1879; for a road bed for elevated railways in 1884; he shared in the patenting of an air compressor in 1907; and he patented a water meter in 1911.
In 1853 he married another native of Addison, Alvena Wass. The couple had three daughters between 1854 and 1859: Ella Caroline (1854-1885); Laura May (1858-1877); and Clara Louise (1859-1882).
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On his purchase of the lot, Drisko installed a lot marker (pictured), and subsequently erected memorials to his wife and three daughters, who predeceased him. No one, however, installed a memorial for Drisko himself, who is buried to the left of his wife Alvena. According to the cemtery's lot card, no further burials have taken place here since Alonzo's burial in 1914.
In a notice in the Boston Post (4/16/1895) announcing new Mt Hope Cemetery trustees, of which Drisko was named as one, the paper noted that "he is now building the Worthington Building on State Street. He is a lot owner in Mt. Hope Cemetery, and resides on Warren Street in Roxbury. He has never in any way been identified with political affairs, but as a business man he is well and favorably known throughout the city."
During his professional career, he filed a variety of patents: in 1872 with his brother Oramander, he filed a patent for slats for bedsteads; another for a camp stool in 1879; for a road bed for elevated railways in 1884; he shared in the patenting of an air compressor in 1907; and he patented a water meter in 1911.
In 1853 he married another native of Addison, Alvena Wass. The couple had three daughters between 1854 and 1859: Ella Caroline (1854-1885); Laura May (1858-1877); and Clara Louise (1859-1882).
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On his purchase of the lot, Drisko installed a lot marker (pictured), and subsequently erected memorials to his wife and three daughters, who predeceased him. No one, however, installed a memorial for Drisko himself, who is buried to the left of his wife Alvena. According to the cemtery's lot card, no further burials have taken place here since Alonzo's burial in 1914.
Alonzo S. Drisko born in Addison, Maine in 1829, "came to Boston in 1850 and began business as a builder in 1864 -- having worked for the four previous years with prominent builders in the city -- forming the firm of Laming & Drisko. This was continued until 1881, when he succeeded to the business. Mr. Drisko has done a large amount of domestic work, and has an extended experience in the building of family hotels and residences, furnishing his own plans for many of them. He built the Globe after the great fire of 1872. His firm had built fifty-one of the buildings which were burned down in that fire, and afterwards rebuilt thirty-six of the. They had charge of the interior work of the Rialto Building, Hotel Lafayette, Clifford House, and many other prominent buildings. Mr. Drisko's latest work is seen in the large Emerson Piano Building; and in a number of fine residences in suburban districts, that built for S.S. Rowe at Roxville Park [27 Rockville Park], from plans drawn by Mr. Drisko, being especially unique, attractive and roomy, although erected on a triangular lot. Mr. Drisko is also secretary and manager of the Rogers Water Meter Company." [Boston of Today (1892), p. 215]
In a notice in the Boston Post (4/16/1895) announcing new Mt Hope Cemetery trustees, of which Drisko was named as one, the paper noted that "he is now building the Worthington Building on State Street. He is a lot owner in Mt. Hope Cemetery, and resides on Warren Street in Roxbury. He has never in any way been identified with political affairs, but as a business man he is well and favorably known throughout the city."
During his professional career, he filed a variety of patents: in 1872 with his brother Oramander, he filed a patent for slats for bedsteads; another for a camp stool in 1879; for a road bed for elevated railways in 1884; he shared in the patenting of an air compressor in 1907; and he patented a water meter in 1911.
In 1853 he married another native of Addison, Alvena Wass. The couple had three daughters between 1854 and 1859: Ella Caroline (1854-1885); Laura May (1858-1877); and Clara Louise (1859-1882).
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On his purchase of the lot, Drisko installed a lot marker (pictured), and subsequently erected memorials to his wife and three daughters, who predeceased him. No one, however, installed a memorial for Drisko himself, who is buried to the left of his wife Alvena. According to the cemtery's lot card, no further burials have taken place here since Alonzo's burial in 1914.
In a notice in the Boston Post (4/16/1895) announcing new Mt Hope Cemetery trustees, of which Drisko was named as one, the paper noted that "he is now building the Worthington Building on State Street. He is a lot owner in Mt. Hope Cemetery, and resides on Warren Street in Roxbury. He has never in any way been identified with political affairs, but as a business man he is well and favorably known throughout the city."
During his professional career, he filed a variety of patents: in 1872 with his brother Oramander, he filed a patent for slats for bedsteads; another for a camp stool in 1879; for a road bed for elevated railways in 1884; he shared in the patenting of an air compressor in 1907; and he patented a water meter in 1911.
In 1853 he married another native of Addison, Alvena Wass. The couple had three daughters between 1854 and 1859: Ella Caroline (1854-1885); Laura May (1858-1877); and Clara Louise (1859-1882).
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On his purchase of the lot, Drisko installed a lot marker (pictured), and subsequently erected memorials to his wife and three daughters, who predeceased him. No one, however, installed a memorial for Drisko himself, who is buried to the left of his wife Alvena. According to the cemtery's lot card, no further burials have taken place here since Alonzo's burial in 1914.
