Category:Merritt Lumber, Allentown, Pennsylvania
The Merritt Lumber Company was a lumber and home improvement company in Allentown from 1940 to 1977.
Merritt Lumber was originally founded in Reading, PA in 1880 by Thomas and A Howard Merritt. Over the decades, the company sold lumber, finished millwork, hardware, paint and other products for the construction industry.
In 1944, the company opened a branch in Allentown at 927 Hamilton Street. The company opened two stores, one Merritt's Gift Shop, which sold small home decorative items and the Merritt Lumber Company, which sold construction materials to both contractors and to the general public. It's retail store on Hamilton Street selling primarily appliances, landscaping, tools, paint, as well as the other items needed for general home maintenance and improvement. It stored its lumber and larger products in bulk for sales to contractors at its milling and storage yard, located at 518 Chestnut Street in the Allentown suburb of Emmaus.
After World War II, the company prospered and expanded, opening stores in various towns in southeastern Pennsylvania (Reading, Pottstown, Boyertown, Perkiomenville). In 1962, the company purchased the Tragus Lumber Company in the Allentown suburb of Dorneyville, taking over a 6,000 square foot property at 3320 Hamilton Boulevard. With the move to Dorneyville, the company consolidated its separate Gift Shop and consumer products store into a large home improvement center. The contractor facility in Emmaus remaining in place.
In 1965 the firm faced financial troubles and went through a bankruptcy reorganization. During the reorganization, the company was sold to F Willard Harper, a former mayor of Allentown. Also the company closed its home improvement center in Dorneyville and consolidated its business at its 918 Chestnut Street location in Emmaus.
In the mid 1970s, the company again faced financial difficulties, having a debt of over $600,000 in late 1976. The end of the company was imminent, It's other location in southeastern Pennsylvania previously having been consolidated and closed. Its contracting facility was closed in Emmaus on February 8th, 1977. The consumer store was seized by its major creditor, the First Valley Bank on March 2d 1977 for unpaid debts, being padlocked and closed.
The company was subsequently liquidated in 1977. It's assets and merchandise being sold.
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Media in category "Merritt Lumber, Allentown, Pennsylvania"
The following 55 files are in this category, out of 55 total.
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1944 - Merritt Lumber Company - 22 Jun MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,736 × 1,801; 698 KB
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1945 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 13 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 941 × 1,829; 318 KB
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1946 - 939 Hamilton Street - Allentown PA.jpg 488 × 520; 85 KB
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1946 - Merritt Lumber - 3 Feb MC - Allentown PA.jpg 893 × 2,181; 332 KB
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1947 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 12 Feb MC - Allentown PA.jpg 921 × 1,361; 233 KB
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1947 - Merritt's Lumber - 18 Feb MC - Allentown PA.jpg 891 × 1,476; 215 KB
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1947 - Merritts Gift Shop - 14 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,346 × 2,986; 519 KB
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1948 - Merritt Lumber - 25 Jul MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,881 × 2,521; 554 KB
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1948 - Merritt Lumber - Allentown Fair Exhibit - Allentown PA.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 296 KB
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1949 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 21 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 937 × 905; 140 KB
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1949 - Merritt's Lumber - 9 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,886 × 2,211; 492 KB
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1950 - Merritt Lumber - Matchcover - Allentown PA.jpg 1,645 × 964; 371 KB
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1950 - Merritt Lumber Company - 30 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,284 × 1,401; 517 KB
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1950 - Merritt's Gift Shop - Postcard - Allentown PA.jpg 1,400 × 855; 342 KB
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1951 - Merritt Lumber - Calendar - Dec - Allentown PA.jpg 671 × 1,500; 167 KB
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1951 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 25 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,356 × 941; 228 KB
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1953 - Merritt Building - Postcard - Allentown PA.jpg 672 × 1,030; 264 KB
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1953 - Merritt Lumber - 7 Jun MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,576 × 4,798; 2.6 MB
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1953 - Merritt Lumber - Calendar - Aug - Allentown PA.jpg 686 × 1,266; 251 KB
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1953 - Merritt Lumber - Calendar - Jul - Allentown PA.jpg 740 × 1,342; 233 KB
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1953 - Merritt Lumber - Calendar - Sep - Allentown PA.jpg 681 × 1,241; 232 KB
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1953 - Merritt Lumber Calendar - Allentown PA.jpg 789 × 1,400; 210 KB
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1953 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 14 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 872 × 896; 140 KB
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1953 - Merritt's Lumber - 11 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,361 × 2,734; 505 KB
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1954 - Merritt Lumber - Calendar - Jan - Allentown PA.jpg 714 × 1,326; 228 KB
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1954 - Merritt Lumber - Calendar - Mar - Allentown PA.jpg 775 × 1,429; 259 KB
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1955 - Merritt Lumber Company - 6 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,281 × 2,715; 530 KB
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1955 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 10 Mar MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,305 × 1,365; 315 KB
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1955 - Merritt's Lumber - 13 Feb MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,713 × 3,492; 784 KB
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1957 - Calendar - Merritt Lumber Company - Allentown PA.jpg 1,024 × 1,814; 254 KB
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1957 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 24 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,656 × 1,801; 455 KB
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1957 - Merritt's Lumber - 30 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,277 × 2,493; 616 KB
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1958 - Merritts Lumber Company - Matchcover - Allentown PA.jpg 1,024 × 338; 87 KB
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1959 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 21 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 833 × 2,309; 283 KB
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1959 - Merritt's Lumber - 21 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,271 × 1,541; 282 KB
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1960 - Merritt Lumber Company - 3 Jan MC - Allentown PA.jpg 869 × 1,609; 228 KB
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1960 - Merritt Paint Store - Matchcover - Allentown PA.jpg 1,181 × 385; 145 KB
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1961 - Merritt Lumber - 26 Feb MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,681 × 2,491; 594 KB
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1961 - Merritt Lumber - 30 Jul MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,905 × 1,889; 705 KB
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1961 - Merritt's Gift Shop - 12 Mar MC - Allentown PA.jpg 857 × 2,029; 259 KB
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1961 - Merritt's Lumber - 10 Mar MC - Allentown PA.jpg 885 × 2,401; 316 KB
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1962 - Merritt Lumber - 26 Aug MC - Allentown PA.jpg 811 × 1,587; 208 KB
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1962 - Merritt Lumber Trade Card Allentown PA.jpg 1,544 × 984; 453 KB
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1962 - Merritt's Lumber - 29 Aug MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,794 × 1,058; 324 KB
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1962 - Merritt's Lumber - 7 Oct MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,262 × 1,569; 267 KB
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1962 - Remove Monument Ad - 31 Oct MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,305 × 4,958; 2.05 MB
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1962 -Merritt Lumber - 27 May MC - Allentown PA.jpg 3,313 × 2,101; 1.02 MB
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1963 - Merritt Lumber - 5 May 1963 - Allentown PA.jpg 1,608 × 2,568; 672 KB
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1963 - Merritt Lumber Company - 30 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,287 × 707; 186 KB
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1964 - Merritt's Lumber - 26 Jant MC - Allentown PA.jpg 2,497 × 2,041; 745 KB
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1965 - Merritt's Lumber - 21 Nov MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,201 × 2,057; 400 KB
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1966 - Merritt's Lumber - 6 Mar MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,656 × 2,931; 643 KB
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1970 - Merritt's Lumber - 30 Sep MC - Allentown PA.jpg 805 × 2,321; 298 KB
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1976 - Merritt's Lumber - 4 Jun MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,510 × 2,536; 588 KB
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2020 - Merritt Building - Allentown PA.jpg 1,992 × 2,656; 1,012 KB