1905H. C. Brown Tobacco and Confectionery Company was established.Economy and Industry, Local Businesses

It started at 230 Main Street, moved in the early 1940s to 447 Main Street, then in 1975 to 46 Bass Avenue. It sold tobacco goods, confections, and paper products. It was sold in 1980.
Gloucester (Essex County, Mass.) City Directory. Gloucester (Mass.), 1907. http://archive.org/details/gloucesteressexc1907unse.