Estey Organ Company

Estey Organ Company is a Vermont historical marker in Brattleboro, Windham County.

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

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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.

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1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Massachusetts (Lucas, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · New Hampshire (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1835 · Massachusetts (Lucas, 1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Brattleboro, Vermont (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Brattleboro, Vermont, 1891, covering the location of Estey Organ Company, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Brattleboro, Vermont, 1891, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Estey Organ Company

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