Richards & Brennan shoe factory and storefront

Richards & Brennan shoe factory and storefront

This factory on South Main St., produced shoes for the Richards & Brennan Shoe Company. The company began on Highland Ave., on a site later occupied by Chase and Sons. It then moved to the former G. H. Burt factory on South Main St. The South Main St. site later became the site of the Randolph Manufacturing Co., or Randy, Shoe Factory. As of 2020, it is the site of the Union Square Townhouses and Randolph Square Plaza. The factory takes up the bulk of this photo, but the storefront where some of the goods were sold can be seen on the left side of the image.

Digital image: Randolph Historical Commission

ca. 1900-1920

Donated to M. C. Walker (possibly of the Braintree Historical Society) by Mrs. Barbara S. Opie, Braintree; donated to the RHC by M. C. Walker in November 1997

Collection: Barbara S. Opie photographs

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