Elford Company Develops Beechwold
Elford Inc., a commercial construction company located near Grandview on Dublin Road, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010.
To mark the occasion, the company published a 70-page hardcover book detailing Elford’s history, from its founding by Edward “Pop” Elford in 1910 to today. It’s available as a PDF here. The book chronicles the company’s history decade by decade, focusing on the marquee projects of each decade.
From a Clintonville and Beechwold perspective, the following are standouts:
Calumet Street Viaduct, 1924.
Beechwold Homes Company, 1941–South of Morse Rd between Indianola and North High Street; 3 streets, 600 homes in just 5 months!
Anderson Concrete Company, 1954–I’m not sure but this could be the concrete plant formerly located on Indianola behind the former Olympic Swimming Pool
Marzetti Manufacturing Plant and Offices, 1984
Wesley Glen Addition, 1995
[PDF booklet courtesy of Elford by way of Wendy Bayer.]
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July 17th, 2018 at 10:25 pm
I believe that Anderson Concrete Co. was located just north of Hudson St. between Silver Dr. and the railroad tracks. I carried papers for the old Citizen Journal in the area around N. 4th in 1956-7.
There was also a lumber company just west of the tracks across from Anderson’s at the time. I don’t remember their name. I think that the large green building that is on the NE corner of Hudson and N. 4th was part of that company.
September 21st, 2020 at 10:28 am
Hello to my former Acton Road neighbor Gary! I don’t know about Hudson Street as a location for an Anderson factory, but I vividly recall the Anderson aggregate factory and its conveyor belts towering behind the Olympic Swim & Racquet Club when I was growing up. Shirley has a photo of this on page 120 of her splendid book about Clintonville.