Weymouth, MA

Stops in Weymouth

“Weymouth” was not only a town’s name. It was the title given to the best shoes manufactured in the United States. In the prime of our country’s shoe industry days, a “Weymouth Shoe” was synonymous with quality – much like Gucci is today. Stetson was the premier shoemaking company in Weymouth. The huge building – still standing and in use as the Stetson Building housing medical offices – is on Rte. 18 not far from Rte. 3. It was here that Jeremiah Quinn and many other Weymouth Irish worked as a bootmaker.