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Estey Organ Company

Windham County · Canal Street U.S. Route opposite end of Birge Street, Brattleboro

Here, in Brattleboro, was located the worlds largest manufacturer of reed organs. For more than a century, reed and pipe organs made in Brattleboro were sold to homes and churches around the world. The unusual slate-sided factory complex on Birge Street and the adjacent Esteyville neighborhood were developed in he early 1870s. Philanthropic and civic-minded, the Estey Company patented many manufacturing improvements and was a pioneer in equal pay for women.

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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