1762Economy
Nichols and Stone Chair Company traces their origin to 1762 in Westminster, Massachusetts.
1785Government
History of the Town of Gardner, Worcester County, Mass., from the Incorporation, June 27, 1785, to the Present Time.
1805Government
In circa 1805, Gardner became a center for lumber and furniture industries, and is now known as "The Chair City" and "The Furniture Capital of New England", due to its long hist...
1826Economy
Gardner is the birthplace of the Heywood-Wakefield Company, dating from 1826 when the five Heywood brothers, Walter, Levi, Seth, Benjamin, and William, began to fashion wooden c...
1831Government
In 1831, Levi moved to Boston, where he established an outlet store to sell the chairs, while Benjamin and William remained in Gardner to manufacture them.
1834Disaster
A fire destroyed their chair shop in 1834.
1860Economy
== See also ==
List of mill towns in Massachusetts
== References ==
== Further reading ==
Glazier, Lewis (1860).
1871Infrastructure
Beginning in 1871, the Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad provided rail service to the town.
1885Education
There is also Gardner Academy (alternative school)
The Gardner Public Library opened in 1885.
1894Military
It was invented in 1894 by Edward G.
1910Economy
By 1910, there were twenty chair factories, which produced four million chairs per year.
1922History
In 1922, the seal of Gardner was designed by the native-born illustrator Harrison Cady.
1923Government
Gardner was incorporated as a city in 1923.
1942History
Simplex would be owned and operated under the Watkins family for over a century with family including son, Curt, from 1942 to 1967, and grandson, Chris, from 1967, until it was ...
1958Disaster
In 1958, Simplex bought the IBM Time Recorder Division, which also included the fire protection division.
1980History
Gardner Station was the terminus of the Fitchburg Line for the MBTA from 1980 to 1986, but was cut back to Fitchburg at the beginning of 1987.
1992Education
== Notable people ==
== In popular culture ==
Gardner was a filming location for the 1992 movie School Ties.
1994History
Rouland, Steve (1994).
2000History
== Demographics ==
As of the United States Census of 2000, there were 20,770 people, 8,282 households, and 5,085 families residing in Gardner.
2008History
As of July 2008, it was announced production would terminate.
2009Sports
In 2009, the Annual Chair Luge began and takes place on the last Saturday in September in downtown Gardner and features teams of two racing down the streets in homemade chairs o...
2016Culture
MART began weekday van service from Gardner to the new Wachusett terminus of the Fitchburg line in 2016.
2021History
Gardner was the filming location for the show Dexter: New Blood in 2021.