Massachusetts newspaper, Banker & Tradesman, is founded by George T. Lincoln.
The Boston Globe is founded by six Boston businessmen who jointly invested $150,000.
The Great Boston Fire destroys 776 buildings across 65 acres of land with an assessed value of $13.5 million.
The Commercial Record (originally Connecticut Real Estate Record and Building News) is founded by Willard C. Warren. Frank Dodge, founder of Dodge Report, becomes a partner in the venture.
The Tremont Street subway tunnel opens in Boston, becoming the first subway tunnel in North America.
Review & Record merges with Banker & Tradesman. The masthead of the new alignment lists the new owners as George T. Lincoln, F.W. Dodge, President of the F.W. Dodge Company (Dodge Report) and Willard C. Warren, for more than 15 years publisher of the Commercial Record.
Willard C. Warren buys out George T. Lincoln to become the sole owner of Banker & Tradesman as we know it today.
Keith F. Warren graduates from Yale and enters the family business, becoming the Assistant Editor for the recently acquired trade paper, Granite, Marble and Bronze.
Willard T. Warren buys out his business partner, George Lincoln, who wished to retire. Warren then forms a new company, incorporated as Warren Publications, Inc.
The following is a list of the papers in the Warren Publications Group in the early 1920s: The Bankers Magazine, The International Banking Directory, The Banking Law Journal, Banker & Tradesman, The Commercial Record, Record and Guide, American Shoemaking, Leather Manufacturer, House Furnishing Review, Fiber and Fabric, Granite, Marble and…
Clarence DeMar, a printer at Banker & Tradesman, won the Boston Marathon seven times in the years between 1911 and 1930. His time in 1922 (2:18:10) was an event record that stood for 34 years until 1956.
The new headquarters of Warren Publishing, Inc. officially opens. Located in Cambridge, MA, in the heart of Kendall Square, the ground floor of the building housed the company’s printing plant.
Willard C. Warren suddenly passes away.
The Great Depression – the longest and deepest economic downturn in the history of the United States – grips the country.
After a month-long-run on American banks, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaims a Bank Holiday, which shut down the banking system. During this time, banks were examined and reopened if found to be solvent.
Last issue of Bankers Magazine is published.
Timothy M. Warren joins family business after graduating from Bowdoin College and serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.
Boston’s iconic Prudential Tower opens. The 907-foot skyscraper redefines the city’s skyline and ushers in what the New York Times calls “the New Boston”.
Timothy M. Warren, Jr. becomes 4th-generation Warren to be actively involved in management.
Boston’s Big Dig breaks ground. The project, marred by setbacks and overspending, is officially completed in 2007 at a cost of over $8.08 billion.
All operations moved to 280 Summer Street in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood.
Web-based property search tool, Real Estate Records Search, launches.
David Lovins is promoted to President and COO of The Warren Group.
A Time capsule originally buried in 1901 is unearthed at the Old State House in Boston. Among its contents is a copy of the Banker & Tradesman.
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