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WD Cowls, founded in 1741, is a forestry, development, and building supply company[1] in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest continuously operating businesses in the United States and one of the largest landowners[2] in Massachusetts.
History edit
The Cole family arrived in 1634 to the Hartford, Connecticut area, changing their name to Cowles to avoid confusion with an existing family. Successive generations slowly moved up the Connecticut River until Jonathan Cowls' purchase of the farm and timber parcels that would become the core of the Cowls farming and timber businesses.[3][4] A saltbox famhouse, or the "Home Farm" was built at 134 Montague Rd, and is the company's address as of 2024.[5]
The 1896 Amherst-Sunderland Street Railway was spearheaded by Walter D. Cowls, who sold the company gravel and timber and offered his own front porch as a trolley stop. The Cowls Road trolley depot, which connected directly to the B&M Railway line, was a local freight hub for farmers and tradesmen.[5]
Cowls Building Supply,[6] opened in 1980 by Paul C. Jones, an eighth-generation Cowls, is a building, lumber, and paint supply store. A sawmill was built behind the store, but closed in 2010.[7] The site of the sawmill is now home to North Square at the Mill District, a 130-unit housing development with 22,000 square feet of retail space.[8]
References edit
- ^ "About". Cowls Building Supply. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ Blood, Kari (2021-01-04). "Land Conservation Partnership Protects 2,038 Acres for Wildlife Habitat & Working Forest". Kestrel Land Trust. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ "Cowl's History.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ History, Amherst. "'History Bites Cowls' – a history of the Cowls-Jones family in Amherst | Amherst Historical Society". Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ a b Smith, James Avery (5 May 2024). "North Amherst's Economic History". Town of Amherst MA. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ https://cowlsbuildingsupply.com/
- ^ "Cinda Jones carrying on the family legacy". www.treefarmsystem.org. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
- ^ "North Square at the Mill District in Amherst continues to come to life". Daily Hampshire Gazette. 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2024-05-06.