- May 1931 - Roger Boyd opens the Chelmsford Centre Chevrolet Co in the ground floor of Central House with former stables in the rear serving as a garage
Chelmsford Newsweekly, April 24, 1941
- May 1941 - Tenth anniversary of Chelmsford Centre Chevrolet Co.
Chelmsford Newsweekly, First Anniversary Edition, May 1, 1941
- Feb 1942 - Roger Boyd rents 20 Chelmsford Street from Octavia Sweetser and moves operations there
Chelmsford Newsweekly, February 5, 1942
- 1942 - Roger Boyd leased 40 Chelmsford Street from Ralph Emerson and further expanded Chevrolet
sales and service operations. His brother Ronald now operated Boyd's Sunoco service station at 56 Chelmsford Street
Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 13, 1946
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, April4, 1947
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, February 17, 1949
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, January 12, 1950
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, March 27, 1952
- Jul 1952 - The Town of Chelmsford proposes then rejects 40 Chelmsford Street as a new school building site
- Aug 1952 - Roger Boyd purchases 40 Chelmsford Street from Ralph and Mabel Emerson
Chelmsford Newsweekly, January 8, 1953
- Feb 1954 - The Boyd Building opens at 36 Chelmsford Street, with the Newsweekly as a tenant in May
Chelmsford Newsweekly, October 28, 1954
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, December 30, 1954
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, November 3, 1955
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, October 18, 1956
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, October 31, 1957
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, October 16, 1958
- Oct 1961 - Roger Boyd, Inc. celebrates its 30th Anniversary
Chelmsford Newsweekly, October 11, 1961
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 27, 1962
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 26, 1963
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 24, 1964
- Dec 1964 - Roger Boyd transfers the property title to Roger Boyd, Inc.
- Jun 1968 - Howard Brown starts doing business as Howard Brown Chevrolet
Chelmsford Newsweekly, July 18, 1968
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 5, 1968
- Feb 1969 - Gabby Monroe starts doing business as Monroe Chevrolet, Inc.
Chelmsford Newsweekly, February 13, 1969
- Oct 1969 - Gabby Monroe advertises as Monroe Chevy Town
- Dec 1970 - Peter Hallissy is doing business as Hallissy Chevrolet Co.
Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 23, 1971
 Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 26, 1974
- May 1975 - Hallissy Chevrolet becomes Colonial Chevrolet
Chelmsford Newsweekly, May 1, 1975
- Nov 1976 - Roger Boyd dies on Nov 21
- Jan 1977 - Peter Hallissy was granted a variance for an auto salesroom on the other side of Chelmsford Street
- Dec 1978 - Roger Boyd Inc. transfers the property title to Roger's brother Ronald Boyd of Greenwich, CT
- Jun 1979 - Larry Cunningham is doing business as Colonial Chevrolet
Chelmsford Newsweekly, June 21, 1979
- Mar 1980 - Peter Hallissy is doing business as Hallissy Subaru at 620 Middlesex Street in Lowell
- Jul 1980 - Peter Hallissy now also operates Toyota and Chevrolet dealerships at 777 Rogers Street in Lowell
- Sep 1980 - Larry Cunningham jumps ship and goes to Hallissy Chevrolet at 777 Rogers Street in Lowell
Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 18, 1980
- Sep 1980 - Walter Sullivan is doing business as Walter Sullivan's Colonial Chevrolet
Chelmsford Newsweekly, September 25, 1980
- Nov 1982 - Peter Hallissy invites former Colonial Chevrolet customers to visit Hallissy World of Cars in Lowell for all their automotive needs
Chelmsford Newsweekly, November 4, 1982
- Jan 1983 - Ronald Boyd sells the 34-48 Chelmsford Street property to Charles Parlee for commercial redevelopment
- Mar 1995 - Charles Parlee transfers the property to J & C Management Co.
- Dec 1996 - J & C Management Co. transfers the property title in trust to William Whitehouse (Charles Parlee's son-in-law)
2022, 34-48 Chelmsford Street (Google Earth)
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