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History of Freeland, Pa.
Businesses listed in the 1921-1922 city directory

This information was taken from a business directory for 1921-1922, published by the Luzerne Publishing Company. Livery stables coexisted with garages as automobiles began to replace horses for travel and transportation. A number of factories were in operation in the early 1920s. A wide variety of goods and services were available to Freeland citizens and their neighbors from surrounding towns.

Many thanks are due to the friend of Freeland's history who lent me this directory to copy. I also have a copy of another Freeland directory from 1928-1929, but it may still be under copyright protection and so I'm not posting it. However, if anyone is looking for information from that period and would like me to check that directory for them, just send e-mail and I'll be glad to oblige. And if you know of other directories containing Freeland information, I'd be grateful to know about them. Thanks.




Architects
Automobile Supplies & Repair
Automobiles
Automobile Tires
Bakers
Banks & Bankers
Barbers
Billiards & Pool
Blacksmiths
Bobbin Manufacturers
Bottlers
Brewers
Builders & Contractors
Building Supplies
Buslines
Carpets
Chemical Manufacturers
Cigar Manufacturers
Cigars & Tobacco
Clergymen
Cloaks & Suits
Clothing
Confectioners
Contractors & Builders
Contractors - Electrical
Delicatessen
Dentists
Department Stores
Dressmakers
Druggists
Dry Goods
Electrical Appliances
Electrical Contractors & Supplies
Electrical Fixtures
Electrical Supplies
Engineers - Civil
Express Companies
Five & Ten Cent Stores
Flour, Feed & Grain
Foreign Exchange
Furniture
Garages
General Stores
Grocers
Hame Manufacturers
Hardware
Harness Makers
Hay and Straw
Heating & Ventilating
Hotels
Household Goods
Ice Cream Manufacturers
Insurance Agents
Insurance Companies
Investment Securities
Iron Foundries
Jewelers
Junk Dealers
Justices of the Peace
Ladies', Children's, Infants' Clothing
Ladies' Clothing
Laundries
Lawyers
Leather Goods
Light & Power Companies
Livery & Boarding Stables
Lumber
Meat Markets
Men's Furnishings
Milk Dealers
Millinery
Mine & Mill Supplies
Monuments
Music Teachers
Musical Merchandise
Newsdealers
Newspapers
Notaries Public
Nurses
Optometrists
Overall Manufacturers
Paint Manufacturers
Photographers
Physicians
Pianos & Organs
Picture Frames
Plumbers
Printers
Real Estate
Restaurants
Saloons
Schools & Colleges
Sewing Machines
Shirt Manufacturers
Shoemakers
Shoes - Retail
Silk Manufacturers
Soft Drinks
Stationers
Steamship Agents
Stoves
Surveyors
Tailors
Taxicabs
Telegraph & Telephone
Theatres
Undertakers
Variety Stores
Victrolas & Records
Wall Paper
Watches & Clocks
Water Companies


ARCHITECTS

Reichmann, Theodore - 501 Centre



AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES AND REPAIRS

Boyle, James W. – 415 Johnson
Danko’s Garage – 1221 South
Freeland Tire Repair Shop – 734 Centre
Griffith Garage – Carbon E of Adam
Kline Garage – 509 Johnson
Klinger, John H. – 739 Front



AUTOMOBILES

Boyle, James W. – 415 Johnson
Danko’s Garage – 1221 South
Griffith Garage – Carbon E of Adam



AUTOMOBILE TIRES

Merkt, Michael – 706 Centre



BAKERS

Fox, J. & Sons – 435-612 Centre
Schoeller, Christian – 719 Front



BANKS AND BANKERS

Citizens Bank of Freeland Pa. – 620 Centre
First National Bank – Centre cor Front
Shigo, John – 322 Centre



BARBERS

Caldero, Louis – 331 Centre
Carey, Peter J. – 518 Centre
Decroce, Leopold – 417 Centre
Dellacroce, Amico – 624 Centre
Gallagher, Edward J. – 354 Centre
Johnson, George R. – 509 Centre
Kocker, Renal – 715 Centre
Petrilli, Salvatore – 449 Centre
Pollack, Michael – 818 South




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BILLIARDS AND POOL

Kasarda, John – 330 Centre
Kusmider, Charles K. – 600 Centre
Novak, John – 512 Centre
Stasko, John – 446 Centre



BLACKSMITHS

Broskoske & O’Donnell – Pine & Walnut
Roth, Richard C. – 606 E. Front



BOBBIN MANUFACTURERS

Freeland Bobbin Cop. – Birkbeck nr Front



BOTTLERS

Arnold & Pilsner Breweries – Centre & L V R R
Hudack, George B. – 406 Washington



BREWERS

Freeland Brewing Co. – 516 Fern



BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS

Berger’s Lumber Yard – Birkbeck cor Walnut



BUILDING SUPPLIES

Berger’s Lumber Yard – Birkbeck cor Walnut
Boyle, James W. – 415 Johnson
City Lumber Yard – Carbon E of Adam
Lentz, Robert A. – South Washington & L V R R



BUS LINES

Freeland – White Haven Bus Line – 819 Walnut




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CARPETS

Albert, Edgar P. – 526 Centre



CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS

Freeland High Carbon Paint Co. – Birkbeck Bldg.



CIGAR MANUFACTURERS

Bressler, Miles C. – 1106 Cunnius



CIGARS AND TOBACCO - WHOLESALE

Merkt, Michael – 706 Centre



CIGARS AND TOBACCO – RETAIL

Kisner, Jesse E. – 710 Centre
Kusmider, Charles K. – 600 Centre
Learn, Charles – 606-630 Centre
Novak, John – 512 Centre
Senick, Joseph – 319 Centre
Zurko, Andrew – 319 Centre



CLERGYMEN

Bartholomew, A. O. – 823 Washington
Bitetti, Frank – 650 Fern
Brennan, james M. – 608 Main
Brinsky, Sigmund – 643 Fern
Korman, Joseph – 359 Ridge
Roth, David A. – 627 Main
Strimaaitis, Constantine – 324 Ridge
Weatherly, Ralph A. – Front
Worrell, Edwin R. – 615 Front
Zalodal, John – 339 Washington



CLOAKS AND SUITS

Novelty Cloak & Suit Store – Refowich Bldg.
Paris Store – 423 Centre
Star Clothing Co. – 14 E. Broad, Hazleton



CLOTHING

Besbris, Max – 404 Centre
Besbris, Simon – 418 Centre
Chenetz, Morris – 529-531 Centre
Hurley-Loughran Co. (Credit) – 30 E. Broad, Hazleton
Kline, Hyman – 458 Centre
Levin, Morris – 348 Centre
Neuburger, Simon J. – 622 Centre
Pecora Bros. – 530 Centre
Peoples Store, The (Credit) – 32 W. Broad, Hazleton
Rabinowitz, Charles – 502 Centre
Rosenthal, Samuel – 462 Centre
Shigo’s Dept. Store – 324 Centre




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CONFECTIONERS – WHOLESALE

Merkt, Michael – 706 Centre



CONFECTIONERS – RETAIL

Borawski, Joseph – 343 Centre
Candyland – Centre cor Main
Capece, Caroline – 451 Centre
Fox, J. & sons – 435-612 Centre
Kasarda, John – 330 Centre
Kisner, Jesse E. – 710 Centre
Learn, Charles – 606 and 630 Centre
Machella, John – 305 Centre
Mulhearn, Joseph L. – 637 Centre
Pallo, John – 439 Centre
Pelot, Anthony – 222 Washington
Rushalk, Michael – 644 Fern
Senick, Joseph – 319 Centre
Smith, William – 435 Alvin



CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

Berger’s Lumber Yard – Birkbeck cor Walnut
Boyle, James W. – 415 Johnson
City Lumber Yard – Carbon E of Adam
Lentz, Robert A. – South Washington & L V R R



CONTRACTORS – ELECTRICAL

Bonomo Electrical Co. – 419 Centre



DELICATESSEN

Yoch, Harry J., Mrs. – 723 E. Front



DENTISTS

Dunphy, Patrick H. – Birkbeck Bldg.
Hell, Samuel S. – First National  Bank Bldg.
Trevaskis, Lester P. – 512 Centre
Whalen, Ambrose A. – Refowich Bldg.



DEPARTMENT STORES

Sasso Department Store – 27-29 N. Wyoming, Hazleton
Shigo’s Department Store – 324 Centre



DRESSMAKERS

Schrader, Augusta – First National Bank Bldg.




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DRUGGISTS

McMenamin & Ferry – 517 Centre
Seitzinger, Robert L. – 623 Centre
Welsh, Cornelius A. – 722 Centre



DRY GOODS

Barezofsky, Benjamin – 312 Centre
Bereznack, John – 246 Centre
Brobst, James J. – 445 Centre
Chazen, Harry – 507 Centre
Gauz, Abraham – 441 Centre
Hudack, George B. – 329 Centre
Moss, Dora – 627 Centre
Shigo’s Department Store – 324 Centre
Zadra, Frank – 413 Centre



ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. – Centre cor Walnut



ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIES

Bonomo Electrical Co. – 419 Centre
Lucas, Michael – 732 Centre



ELECTRICAL FIXTURES

Lucas, Michael – 732 Centre



ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES

Woodring, Jere & Co. – 206 W. Broad, Hazleton



ENGINEERS – CIVIL

Reichmann, Theodore – 501 Centre



EXPRESS COMPANIES

American Railway Express Co. – Centre & L V R R



FIVE AND TEN CENT STORES

Newberry, J. J. & Co. – 532 Centre
Wolfe, Charles H. – 632 Centre



FLOUR, FEED AND GRAIN

Davis, B. F. & Son -  Johnson cor Birkbeck
Dispirito Bros. – 202 Washington



FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Shigo, John – 322 Centre




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FURNITURE

Albert, Edgar P. – 526 Centre
Rubin, Benjamin – 431 Centre
Sasso Department Store – 27-29 N. Wyoming, Hazleton



GARAGES

Boyle, James W. – 415 Johnson
Danko’s Garage – 1221 South
Griffith Garage – Carbon E. of Adam
Hess & Gallagher – 816-818 Front
Kline Garage – 509 Johnson



GENERAL STORES

Brueningsen Bros. – 800 Birkbeck
Gallagher, James M. – 359 Centre
Johnson, James M. – 1131 Birkbeck
Norris, James H. – 701 Walnut
Oswald, A. & Son – 702 Centre
Wolf Supply Store – 801 Birkbeck



GROCERS

American Stores Co. – 503 Centre
Barrett, Angelo A. – 715 South
Boyle, Connell J. – 727 Walnut
Bran, Leonard – 511 Fern
Capece, Michael – 226 Ridge
Co-Operative Store – 341 Centre
Defalco, Frank – 451 Ridge
Dennion Bros. – Centre cor Walnut
Dvorshak, Steven B. – 628 Centre
Evancho Bros. – 533 Fern
Fatula, Andrew – 984 South
Fritz, Herbert W. – 718 Walnut
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. – 506 Centre
Hayne, Frank – 301 Washington
Hoffman, Charles – 1101 Walnut
Lorenzetti, Frank – 340 Centre
Makuta, John – 706 Main
Miko, John v. – 356 Washington
Norris, James H. – Walnut cor Washington
Nowak, Leon – 1113 Walnut
Oleyar, Michael – 427 Centre
Ostroff & Romasnaski – 321 Centre
Palya, George E. – 452 Centre
Pappalardo, Salvatore – 351 Ridge
Pecuch, Michael – 337 Centre
Reese, David W. – 901 Centre
Saricks, George W. – 801 Birkbeck
Yoch, Harry J., Mrs. – 723 E. Front




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HAME MANUFACTURERS

Beagle Hame Works, The – 606 E. Front
Hoch Hames Co., Inc. – Birkbeck nr Front



HARDWARE

Hazleton Hardware Co. – 33-35 W. Broad, Hazleton
Jones, David P. – 350 Centre
Lindsay, J. and Co. – 628 Front
Marchetti, Henry – 443 Centre
Martin, Wm. E. – 524 Centre
O’Boyle, Michael M. – 412-414 Centre
Woodring, Jere & Co. – 206 W. Broad, Hazleton



HARNESS MAKERS

Klinger, John H. – 739 Front
Wise, George – 608 Cenetre



HAY AND STRAW

Davis, b. F. & Son – Johnson cor Birkbeck



HEATING AND VENTILATING

Lindsay, J. & co. – 628 Front
Miller, John T. – 713 Centre
Woodring, Wm. F. – 729 Front



HOTELS

Central Hotel – 622 Centre
Cottage Hotel – 559 Washington



HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Albert, Edgar P. – 526 Centre



ICE CREAM MANUFACTURERS

Fairchild, Walter H. – 606 Centre



INSURANCE AGENTS

Benjamin & Markman – 26 W. Broad, Hazleton
Cruikshank, Wm. Y. – 634 Centre
De Pierro & De Pierro (Fire) – 538 Centre
Helmes, C. E. Agency, The – 307 Markle Bank Bldg., Hazleton
Regan, J. M. – 603 South



INSURANCE COMPANIES

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. – Refowich Bldg.
Prudential Life Ins. Co. – Birkbeck Bldg.



INVESTMENT SECURITIES

Brooks, J. H. & Co. – 1100 Markle Bank Bldg., Hazleton




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IRON FOUNDRIES

Automotive Foundry Co. - Johnson



JEWELERS

Bachman, Wm. A. – 741 Front cor Centre
Horowitz, Benjamin H. – 434 Centre
Miller, Oliver – 711 Main



JUNK  DEALERS

Diamond, Herman L. – 825 Centre



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

Buckley, Daniel B. – 824 Main
Kusmider, Charles K. – 628 Centre



LADIES’, CHILDREN’S AND INFANTS’ WEAR

Barezofsky, Benjamin – 312 Centre
Chazen, Jarry – 507 Centre
Moss, Dora – 627 Centre



LADIES’ CLOTHING

Novelty Cloak & Suit Store – Refowich Theatre Bldg.
Zimmerman, Harry – 513-515 Centre



LAUNDRIES

Lee, Charles – 430 Centre



LAWYERS

De Pierro, Michael S. – 538 Centre
McBrearty, John J. – 440 Centre
Stroh, Charles O. – 820 Main



LEATHER GOODS

Klinger, John H. – 739 Front



LIGHT AND POWER COMPANIES

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. – Centre cor Walnut




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LIVERY AND BOARDING STABLES

Cologno, Emilio – Washington cor Main
Fisher, Charles – 525 Washington
O’Donnell, Frank – 444 Centre



LUMBER

Berger’s Lumber Yard – Birkbeck cor Walnut
Boyle, James W. – 415 Johnson
City Lumber Yard – Carbon E of Adam
Lentz, Robert A. – South Washington & L V R R



MEAT MARKETS

Druian, Charles – 346 Centre
Dvorshak, Steven B. – 628 Centre
Evancho Bros. – 533 Fern
Evans, Jonah – 611 Centre
Gabuzdza Bros. – Centre cor Chestnut
Mellet The Meat Man – 616 Centre
Oleyar, Michael – 427 Centre
Palya, George E. – 452 Centre
Pecuch, Michael – 337 Centre
Peoples Cash Market – 540 Centre
Silvasi, Emri – 409 Centre



MEN’S FURNISHINGS

Boyle, Bernard – 436 Centre
Chenetz, Morris – 529-531 Centre
Lauderbach & Co. – 20 W. Broad, Hazleton
Moss, Dora – 627 Centre
Nassan, Louis – 510 Centre
Pecora  Bros. – 530 Centre
Shigo’s Dept. Store – 324 Centre



MILK DEALERS

Gallagher, Daniel S. – 521 Centre



MILLINERY

Bohlin, Emma – 617 Centre
Boyle, Anna C. – 629 Centre
Lloyd, Lina – 721 Centre



MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES

Woodring, Jere & Co. – 206 W. Broad, Hazleton



MONUMENTS

Freeland Marble & Granite Works – Centre cor South




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MUSIC TEACHERS

Oswald, Victor A. – 722 Centre
Sweeney, Anna C. – 516 Vine



MUSICAL MERCHANDISE

Mayberry’s – 725 Centre



NEWSDEALERS

Morgan, Edgar A. – 605 Centre



NEWSPAPERS

Freeland Tribune – 824 Main
Plain Speaker, The – 17 W. Broad, Hazleton
Press, The – 820 Main
Standard Sentinel – 23 N. Wyoming, Hazleton



NOTARIES PUBLIC

Cruikshank, Wm. Y – 634  Centre
Hudack, George B. – 329 Centre
Woelfel, Martha  E. – 820 Main



NURSES

Denion, Mary T. – 316 Washington
Doggett, Nellie – 1020 Washington
Russell, Mary E. C. – 725 Ridge



OPTOMETRISTS

Bachman, Wm. A. – 741 Front



OVERALL MANUFACTURERS

Free-land Overall Mfg. Co. – Ridge & L V R R



PAINT MANUFACTURERS

Freeland High Carbon Paints – Birkbeck Bldg.



PHOTOGRAPHERS

Dusseau, Louis – 442 Centre




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PHYSICIANS

Devers, Neil J. – 516 Centre
Dickinson, Charles S. – 634 Centre
Everett, Shen A. – 613 Centre
Mays, Thomas H. – Refowich Bldg.
Neale, Henry M. – 634 Centre
Redelin, Albert A. – 634 Centre
Rutter, Everett W. – 931 Centre
Truckenmiller, Roy – Birkbeck Bldg.



PIANOS AND ORGANS

Mayberrry’s – 725 Centre



PICTURE FRAMES

Steward, Jonas D. – 717 Centre



PLUMBERS

Lindsay, J. & Co. – 628 Front
Martin, Wm. E. – 524 Centre
Miller, John T. – 713 Centre
Woodring, Wm. F. – 729 Front



PRINTERS

Press, The – 820 Main
Tribune Printing Co. Ltd – 824 Main



REAL ESTATE

Benjamin & Markman – 26 W. Broad, Hazleton
Griffith, James E. – Carbon E of Adam
Helmes, C. E. Agency, The – 307 Markle Bank Bldg., Hazleton
Huddack, George B. – 329 Centre
Regan, John M. – 603 South
Shigo, John – 322 Centre



RESTAURANTS

Mulhearn, Joseph L. – 637 Centre



SALOONS

Balon, Frank – 536 Centre
Beleykanich, Michael – 360 Ridge
Cunningham, Bernard – 240 Ridge
Danko, George S. – 827 South
Di Chiaro, Santo – 457 Ridge
Dougherty, Wm. M. – 726 Centre
Eagle’s Café – 500 Johnson
Gavanaski, Joseph – 728 Walnut
Greshko, Joseph – 306 Centre
Hudack, Michael – 318 Centre
Kielman, Carl – 555 Walnut
Kasarda, Andrew – 355 Centre
Kuzmisky, Branislaw – 402 Centre
Laskaski, Stefani – 314 Centre
Letchak, George – 420 Centre
Magarosky, Joseph – 336 Centre
Malloy, James – 601 Centre
Nowak, Albert – 977 Walnut
Pasternak, Michael – 421 Centre
Procopio, Salvatore – 520 Ridge
Remak, Michael – 709 Main
Rugan, Victor B. – 501 Centre
Stasko, Andrew – 301 Centre
Stine, Lester A. – 819 Walnut
Turri, Cipriano – 229 Ridge
Urnovich, John – 442 Centre
Waskevich, Wm. – 302 Centre
Zelenak, Andrew – 525 Fern




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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Mining & Mechanical Institute – s. Centre nr L V R R



SEWING MACHINES

Campbell, Patrick J. – 406 Centre



SHIRT MANUFACTURERS

Freeland Shirt Co. – 911 Centre



SHOEMAKERS

Avigliano, John – 333 Centre
Chiarella, Lawrence – 349 Centre
Cordaro, Angelo – 432 Centre
Craigle, Frank – 1115 Birkbeck
Defina, Michael – 609 Centre
Didonato, Dominick – 247 Centre
Giarletto, Louis – 323 Centre
Guerreri, Louis – 323 Centre
Guerrieri, Leon – 730 Centre
Guerrere, Salvatore – 453 Centre
Stunz, Henry – 901 Ridge



SHOES – RETAIL

Bellezza, John – 621 Centre
Lesser, A. E. – 619 Walnut
O’Donnell, John R. – 523 Centre
Reilly, Charles L. – 733 Centre
Shigo’s Dept. Store – 324 Centre
Sussman, Samuel – 426 Centre



SILK MANUFACTURERS

Luzerne Silk Throwing Co. – 721 Birkbeck
Washington Silk Co., The – 439 Ridge



SOFT DRINKS

Hudack, George B. – 406 Washington



STATIONERS

Morgan, Edgar A. – 605 Centre



STEAMSHIP AGENTS

Shigo, John – 322 Centre



STOVES

Albert, Edgar P. – 526 Centre



SURVEYORS

Reichman, Theodore – 501 Centre




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TAILORS

Delvecchio,Matthew – 619 Centre
Malloy, Frank – 626 Centre
Pecora Bros. – 530 Centre
Veraldi, James – 511 Centre



TAXICABS

Kish, Andrew – 606 Centre
Kline Garage – 509 Johnson



TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES

Bell Telephone Co. – 703 Front
Consolidated Telephone Co. – First National Bank Bldg.
Western Union Telegraph Co. – S. Centre at L V R R Depot



THEATRES

Grand Opera House – Ridge cor Luzerne
Refowich Theatre – Centre cor Main



UNDERTAKERS

Bachman Bros. – 802 Centre
Breslin, Hugh – 428 Centre
Jurica, John E. – 426 Centre
McNulty, Robert J. – 707 Luzerne
Wackley, Henry L. – 405 Centre



VARIETY STORES

Zimmerman, Harry – 513-515 Centre



VICTROLAS AND RECORDS

Mayberry’s – 725 Centre



WALL PAPER

Bonomo Electrical Co. – 419 Centre



WATCHES AND CLOCKS

Bachman, Wm. A. – 741 Front



WATER COMPANIES

Freeland Water Co. – Birkbeck Bldg.


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