BROSCO history

During the next two or three years, Brockway & Smith absorbed two other hardware and paint stores, and in about 1898 they moved across the street to what was, at that time, one of the best business blocks in Lynn.

In 1905 such extensive Pacific Coast connections were established for the distribution of western doors, then new into New England, that they were able to retire from the paint and hardware business and moved their headquarters to Boston at 18 Washington Street North.

In about 1910, the plant formerly used by the National Biscuit Company at 465 Medford Street, in Charlestown, Massachusetts had been rebuilt into a warehouse which, with its side tracks and waterfront, made an ideal location for a sash and door warehouse.

The main office, however, remained at Washington Street, Boston, until 1912 when it was moved to 98 Canal Street, Boston.

On January 30, 1928, a merger took place between three companies in the same line of business: The Brockway Smith Corporation, Jackson & Newton Company, Lovell & Hall Company, and the Company became known as the Brockway-Smith-Haigh-Lovell Company.

In 1929, the Company established a Springfield warehouse in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Lynn office was given up entirely in 1944.

In 1955, the location of the Springfield branch was moved to East Longmeadow.

In May 1963, Brockway-Smith-Haigh-Lovell Company began to operate from a new Portland, Maine location at 203 Read Street, formerly a warehouse of the American Can Company.

The Company moved its Charlestown plant and the main office to Andover, Massachusetts in 1969, and at the same time changed its name back to that of the original partnership, Brockway-Smith Company.

In early 1987, the Company relocated its East Longmeadow operation to a new facility in Hatfield, Massachusetts.

In 1995, the Company consolidated its Western territory to be served from the modern Coxsackie and Hatfield facilities.

On May 2, 2005 BROSCO began to serve this new market.

Having celebrated our 120th anniversary in 2010 the Company remains today, a fourth generation family owned and operated regional independent wholesale distributor serving the Northeast.