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COMPANY HISTORY |
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Eugene F. Morrissey entered the construction industry after
studying at the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University.
After considerable construction experience in the Rhode Island and
Massachusetts area, Mr. Morrissey came to Burlington to work as an
engineer for James E. Cashman, Inc., an established Burlington
general contractor. G. Lawrence Wright returned to Vermont after
gaining construction experience in the State of New York to join the
Cashman firm as a construction superintendent. In 1934, the two
joined forces to start Wright & Morrissey. The firm's success
was heralded in The Burlington Free Press on April 21, 1938..."The
rise of Wright & Morrissey in the Northern Vermont Construction
field is a story of rapid
accomplishment." |
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the first three years of company operations, Wright & Morrissey,
Inc. had handled nearly two hundred sizeable contracts, the first of
which was the remodeling of Henry's Diner on Bank Street. In 1942,
Wright decided to leave the firm and Morrissey became the sole owner
while retaining the established and respected company
name. |
| On
May 13, 1939, the Waterbury Record, reviewing Wright &
Morrissey's work stated, "...their construction work will stand for
the future generations to
admire." | |
| GENERAL INFORMATION |
| Wright & Morrissey, Inc. is the oldest continually
active General Contractor in the State of Vermont, first organized
in 1934 and subsequently incorporated in
1947. |
| The
firm has constructed a multitude of large and small projects
throughout Vermont, New York and Northern New England including
office buildings, housing developments, recreational buildings,
manufacturing plants, churches, public works projects, supermarkets
and more. |
| Wright & Morrissey, Inc.'s offices in South Burlington,
Vermont house a small corporate structure supported by a highly
qualified team of estimators, project managers, project engineers,
field superintendents and administrators. |
| Daniel B. Morrissey, C.E.O. |
| e-mail: dmorrissey@wmorrissey.com |
| Stephen T. Theriault, President |
| e-mail: stevet@wmorrissey.com | |
