Massey Plumbing & Heating Company

Massey Plumbing & Heating has been a Swampscott fixture long enough that the town's history and the company's are hard to separate. On its own site the company traces its start to 1931, when John A. Massey went out on his own as a plumbing and heating tradesman, and in a 2025 note it said press agencies had come calling about it possibly being the oldest business in town. That is the company talking about itself, and it is very nearly all there is to go on. No customer reviews, directory ratings or outside write-ups turned up for the Swampscott business — the several plumbing firms named Massey scattered across Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky are unrelated namesakes. The work described is plumbing and heating, plus a propane arm: a 2019 page introduces Tanks4U, which the company says delivers bottled propane and accessories to customers' doors. Undated pages on the same site describe past clients among properties in Swampscott, Marblehead, Lynn and Salem. Scheduling runs through one number, 781-595-2360, which a 2020 page asked customers to use for everything routine, with a separate emergency path. If you're on the North Shore and want a long-established shop for plumbing, heating or propane, they are worth a call — but nothing here is independent, so ask for recent local references and confirm current Massachusetts licensing and insurance before you book.