East Bridgewater · Monday–Friday, 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

24-hour emergency service.

(508) 378-3132
Meserve Electric, Inc.Since 1939

Since 1939

Four generations. One trade.

Serving residential and commercial customers on the South Shore since Henry Meserve bought the company he worked for.

Jay Meserve working at an electrical panel

  1. 1939

    Henry Meserve bought his employer, Washburn Electric, and started Meserve Electric in Bridgewater. His sons Clyde, Carl, and Al all became electricians.

  2. 1950

    Clyde Meserve opened Clyde Meserve Electric in East Bridgewater, and a small appliance store for the electric ranges everyone wanted.

  3. 1971

    Clyde sold the electrical business to his sons John, Wayne, and Bruce. Meserve Bros. Electrical Contractors was formed. Wayne Meserve earned his master license in 1978.

  4. 1986

    Diane Meserve, Wayne’s wife, earned her master license — the 13th woman in Massachusetts to do so. She had started as his apprentice in 1982 and made journeyman in 1985.

  5. 2000

    The company was renamed Meserve Electric, Inc.

  6. 2011

    Jason Meserve, Wayne’s son, earned his master license, after his journeyman license in 2006. He is the fourth generation in his great-grandfather’s business.

Deanna Dunlevy, Clyde Meserve’s apprentice, on a ladder beside the Clyde Meserve Electrical Contractor truck
Deanna Dunlevy, Clyde’s apprentice, on a house job. She went on to become the first female electrician in Massachusetts.
Clyde Meserve’s truck on a lift, coming off the Hyannis ferry
Coming off the Hyannis ferry after a job on the islands.