This father-son duo gave Endicott its name, along with an an MIT conference center
By Gerald Smith in Press ConnectsMIT’s Endicott House was recently featured in the Press & Sun‑Bulletin, which traced how the estate’s name is tied to Broome County, New York, through shoe‑industry figures Henry B. Endicott and his son, Endicott‑Johnson cofounder Henry W. Endicott. The article explains how the Endicotts’ early work in the Binghamton area, their move to the Boston region, and their later connection to MIT led to the Dedham estate bearing the Endicott name and becoming MIT’s long‑standing conference center, linking the Massachusetts venue back to the upstate New York community that also carries the Endicott brand. Read an excerpt of the article below:
I am taking a little thunder away from my colleague Roger Luther. He creates the wonderful “100 Years Ago Today” pieces for Fox 40 WICZ news each week.
However, for this story, I am taking the liberty of talking about something that happened 101 years ago. On Jan. 15, 1923, an article appeared in the “Binghamton Press” with the headline “H. Wendell Endicott Takes Boston Offices.”
H. Wendell Endicott was the son of Endicott Johnson founder Henry Bradford Endicott. Endicott was a shoe manufacturer who had heavily invested in the Lester Brothers Shoe Company. When that company went into default in the early 1890s, Endicott took over operation of the business and sold the remaining stock off.
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