Crutchman, a Gloucester store specializing in truck accessories, spray-in bedliners, outdoor furniture, buildings and gazebos and gift items, has recently undergone some building renovations, including a new façade.
The business, located on Route 14 in the building that once housed the Old Mill Skating Rink, is owned by Don Crutchman Jr.
The Old Mill Skating Rink building dates to 1900. Before the skating rink opened in 1939 as a popular hangout spot to go roller skating and bowling, it was used as a storehouse for the adjacent Cow Creek mill.
Crutchman Motor Corporation was founded in 1980 by Crutchman’s father, Don Crutchman Sr. At the time, the business had only one location, in Denbigh. It sold truck accessories and it also was a small car lot. He started working for his dad in 1987, and started running the family business after his father passed away in 1989. Crutchman has owned the Gloucester location since 2007, when his uncle, Jeff Whitt, sold it to him. Whitt owned it from 198...