Kendall, Dr. B. J., Company - Enosburg Falls, Vermont
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Vermontish
N 44° 54.659 W 072° 48.200
18T E 673399 N 4975408
A small Vermont town's claim to fame
Waymark Code: WM43KE
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 40

Burney James Kendall (1845-1922) was an 1868 graduate of the University of Vermont's Medical College. During the 1870s, he devised a "cure" for spavin (an equine joint ailment), and incorporated the Dr. B. J. Kendall Company in 1883 to manufacture his horse liniment.

The company's product line gradually expanded to include treatments for a wide variety of animal and human ailments, and the company's wagons ranged far and wide selling the medicines and distributing Kendall's booklets (A Treatise on the Horse and His Diseases and The Doctor at Home). The company's principals became quite wealthy, and Kendall became a community benefactor (see also the Enosburg Opera House).

Kendall sold his share of the company in 1889 and moved to the Midwest, where his fortunes declined, and he became bitter and envious at the continued success of his former partners. He died in Geneva, Illinois.

Today, Kendall bottles and advertising posters and cards are collector's items. The factory building is, sadly, in a state of disrepair. What windows aren't boarded up are broken, and much of the rear of the building is covered with tarps.


A Kendall wagon in the Dairy Festival Parade (Enosburg Falls, June 2008)

Odd But Otherwise Irrelevant Coincidence Dept.:
There is a BJ's Wholesale Club in Kendall, Florida.

Street address:
288 North Main Street
Enosburg Falls, VT US
05450


County / Borough / Parish: Franklin County

Year listed: 1993

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event

Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949

Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current function: None

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 1: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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