From 1864, the Biggert Collection has preserved this wonderful billhead from the Troy Stove Works of Burdett, Paris & Co. The office and showroom were at 253 River Street, a building which still stands on Monument Square and is known as the Burdett Building. (Curiously, “Burdett, Son & Co. also operated a wholesale wine and liquor business from the same address, circa 1870.) The factory location is harder to discern, as North Fourth Street is lost to time. As might perhaps only have been possible in Troy, North Fourth Street ran parallel to, and between, Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street. No, I have no explanation.
As you can see, Mr. Paris must have worn out his welcome but there was plenty of billhead left, and the clerk of the works was obliged to cross out “Paris” and replace it with “Potter, Smith,” as the firm was now known as “Burdett, Potter, Smith & Co.” (Daniel Paris, down but not out of the stove biz, could be found at 277 River Street, serving as the manager of the Double Reservoir Stove Co., in 1870.)
