Mr. Tirrell started manufacturing shoes with Lemuel Jenkins in 1855, under the name of Jenkins & Tirrell. The firm continued until the  outbreak of the the civil War, when Mr. Tirrell became foreman of the stitching room at the Jenkins Lane &Sons Shoe Factory.

In 1864, Mr. Tirrell joined the regiment and served in Indianapolis, Indiana.

When he returned home after about a year's service,  he began manufacturing shoes with N.S. Jenkins until 1870 when he took charge at the Jenkins Lane Factory. He later joined with R.P. Torry in the E.P.  Torrey & Co. shoe manufacturing company. He sold out this interest in 1899 and entered a grocery business with his son-in-law George Burrell. The store stood opposite the foot of union Street, next to the Jenkins Lane shoe factory.

The 1885 Sanborn Co. map of Rockland shows that at that time there was a very large green house on the north-west corner of this property.

Other Architectural Features:

PHOTO'S WANTED

Martha Campbell, "Research Reporter , Rockland Standard,

Plymouth County History, p 526

Atlas of Abington, 1874