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*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2058785?locg=63 One hundred years of the Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Salem, Massachusetts] by Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1943, | *[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2058785?locg=63 One hundred years of the Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Salem, Massachusetts] by Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1943, | ||
*[http:// | *[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2061994?locg=63 The Holyoke Mutual in the Salem Conflagration: a story of 1914] by C.P. Faunce, 1952 | ||
Revision as of 11:46, 5 October 2012
- Holyoke Mutual Insurance Company operated in downtown Salem from 1843-1993, when it was absorbed by MiddleOak.
- The company was named after the well-respected Dr. Edward A. Holyoke, a practicing physician in Salem and the surrounding area for 75 years.
- The first President was J. S. Williams and the first Secretary was John T. Burnham.
- The Holyoke was the major insurance company in Salem during the Salem Fire of 1914.
- The Holyoke Insurance Company building on Norman Street was built in 1936.
- After many successful years in the insurance business, Holyoke has a new parent company. At present day, MiddleOak provides insurance through Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co., formed in 1836, and Holyoke Mutual founded in 1843.
See Also
- Vertical File in Salem Collection - Holyoke Mutual
- "Holyoke in Salem Weathers 150 years" Salem Evening News, May 26, 1993, p. 9
- "How Holyoke Square got its name" Salem News, Aug. 1, 2012, p.4
- One hundred years of the Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Salem, Massachusetts by Holyoke Mutual Fire Insurance Co., 1943,
- The Holyoke Mutual in the Salem Conflagration: a story of 1914 by C.P. Faunce, 1952
