Celebrating 150 Years!

Batchelder Bros. Insurance is celebrating its 150-year anniversary this year. Founded in 1874 in Sanford, Maine by William and George Batchelder, the agency has seen boom times and bust, wars, families come and go, and generations of different owners. Through it all, Batchelder Bros. Insurnace has remained a constant in town.

As the US was reeling from the aftermath of the Civil War, it was during Ulysses S. Grant’s administration that the two brothers started the business in order to meet a growing need in a booming town. In 1867 Thomas Goodall established a woolen mill in Sanford, and with it brought a tripling of Sanford’s population within a 25-year period. As the population and capital came pouring in, the insurance agency was necessary to protect those people and their assets.

29 Presidential administrations have passed, along with the inventions of the automobile, airplane, computer and internet and so many other technological developments that have dramatically changed our world. Through it all, Batchelder Bros. Insurance has withstood the test of time.