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Hardware Manufacturers

Adams & Westlake
Adams & Westlake
Chicago, IL
Moved to Elkhart, IN in 1927

1857-Present

Allentown Hardware Company
Allentown, PA
Established 1889 after purchasing Gilbert Lock, and closed in 1897

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Jos. Bardsley
Joseph Bardsley
New York, NY
​C. 1880 - 

Barrows Lock Company
Barrows

Lockport, IL
​1880-1925
Purchased by Yale & Towne

​1925-1953

Bayer-Gardner-Himes Company
Bayer-Gardner

New York, NY
1895 -

Belleville Hardware & Lock Manufacturing Co.
​Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Branford Lock Works
Branford
​Branford, CT
1861-1894
Purchased by Yale & Towne


Brittan, Graham & Mathes
Brittan, Graham & Mathes
Pittsburgh, PA
Formerly Nimick & Brittan Mfg.Co.
C. 1888 - 

Chantrell Hardware
​Chantrell Hardware & Tool Co.
Reading, PA
c. 1880 - 1939


Chicago Hardware Manufacturing Co.
Chicago / Niles
Chicago, IL
1878-1913
Changed ownership in 1907 and dropped Niles attachment. Changed name to Sager Lock Company in 1913.

Clark Manufacturing Co.
Buffalo, New York
​c. 1881

Clinton Lock Company
​
Clinton, Iowa
c. 1896 - 
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P & F Corbin Company
P & F Corbin
New Britain, CT
1849-Present

Denver Hardware Mfg. Company
Denver Hardware
Denver, CO
1892-1895

Dibble Manufacturing Co.
Dibble made Hemacite
Trenton, NJ
1877 - 1897

Farrington &Whitney
New York, NY
c. 1880

Gilbert Lock Company
Gilbert
Newark, NJ

1876 -1889
Established in Chicago, relocated to Newark in 1880, and sold to Allentown in 1889.
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P. E. Guerin Inc.
P. E. Guerin

New York, NY
1857 - Present

Gurney-Tilden
Gurney-Tilden Company
Hamilton, ON Canada

William Hall & Co.
William Hall
Boston,MA
1843 - 
Sold to W. C. Vaughan Co.

Hopkins & Dickinson Manufacturing Co.
Hopkins & Dickinson

New York, NY
1872 - 1894



Ireland Manufacturing Co.
Ireland
Cincinnati, OH
Sucesor to Morris Sash Lock Mfg.

1886 - 1889
​Ireland catalog showed Morris locks. and Ireland marked locks known. 

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Francis Jahn
506 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA
1860 -- 
Kean & Doty Manufacturing Co.
Kean & Doty
Cleveland, OH
1889 - ​


Francis Keil & Son
Keil
New York, NY
1876 - 1972

Kenton Manufacturing Co.
Kenton
Kenton, OH
1890 - 1908

Keystone Hardware Mfg. Co.
Keystone
Reading, PA 

F. C. Linde Hardware Co.
F. C. Linde
Cresskill, NJ
1890 Purchased by Barrows & moved to Lockport, IL
​No catalog known
Sold by Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.

Lockwood Manufacturing Co.
Lockwood
Norwalk, CT
1888 - Present
​Purchased by Independent Lock Co. in 1932

George B. Lothrop & Co.
Lothrop
Boston, MA
1866 - 1900

Mallory, Wheeler & Company
Mallory Wheeler
New Haven, CT
1834-1913


Milford Door Knob Company
Milford, MI
​1882 - 1893

Metallic Arts Works
Metallic Art
Watertown, MA
​C. 1871 - 


Metallic Compression Casting Company
MCCCo
Boston, MA
1867 - 1870
Purchased by Russell & Erwin

Morris Sash Lock Manufacturing
Cincinnati, OH
1880 - 1886
​Absorbed by Ireland Manufacturing
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Nashua Lock Company
Nashua

Nashua, NH
1837-1889​
Purchased by Lockwood Mfg. Co. in 1889


The New England Butt Co.
Providence, RI
1842 - 
Manufacturers of Prouty" Rigid Door Knobs

A. G. Newman Company
A. G. Newman
New York, NY
1854 - 1900
Purchased by Bayer-Gardner-Himes Company

Nimick & Brittan Mfg. Co.
N & B
Pittsburgh, PA
C. 1880 - 
Absorbed by Brittan, Graham & Mathes

Norwalk Lock Company
Norwalk

South Norwalk, CT
​1856 - 1955


Norwich Lock Manufacturing Company
Norwich
Norwich, CT
1872- 1898
​Moved to Roanake, VA in 1891

Ornamental Wood Company
Ornamental Wood
Bridgeport, CT
​C. 1870 - 

Parker & Whipple Company
Parker & Whipple
West Meriden, CT
1868-1880

Peck, Stow & Wilcox  Company
Cleveland, OH
​c. 1900 -
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Penn Hardware Company
Penn Hardware
Reading, PA
1877-

Perkins Specialty Lock Manufacturing Co.
Cleveland, OH
​1888-1900

Peterborough Lock Manufacturing  Co.
Peterboro
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
1885-1956
Purchased by American Hardware Co.

Reading Hardware Company
Reading

Reading, PA
1862-1950

Enoch Robinson & Company
Robinson
Boston, MA
1839- C. 1910
​Sold to W. C. Vaughan Co. C. 1910


Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co.
Russell & Erwin
New Britain, CT
1849-Present
Successor to Stanley, Russell & Co., founded 1839

Sager Lock Company
Sager

North Chicago, IL
1913- 1954
​Purchased by Yale & Towne in 1925 and became Sager Lock Works.


Sargent & Company
Sargent
New Haven, CT
1854-Present

​J.B. Schroder & Company
Schroder
Cincinnati, OH
1869-1884

​Springer Lock Manufacturing Co.
Springer
Belleville, ON
1910-1931
Purchased by Corbin in 1931


Taylor & Boggis Foundry
Taylor & Boggis
Cleveland, OH
1883 - 

William Tonks & Sons
William Tonks
Birmingham, England, UK
c. 1790 - Present

Trenton Lock and Hardware Company
Trenton Lock
Trenton, NJ
 1866-1890
Incorporated as Trenten Lock Co. in 1866
​Became Trenton Lock & Hardware Co.  in 1875


Union Brass Manufacturing Co.
Union Brass
Chicago, IL
C. 1869 - 1887
​Merged with the Adams & Westlake Co.

Union Doorknob Company
​Union Hardware Manufacturing Co.

Union Doorknob
Detroit, MI

United States Steel Lock Company
US Steel Lock
Lyons, IA
1895 - 

W. C. Vaughan
Vaughan
Boston, MA
1902 - 
Purchased by E. R. Butler & Co. 2000

Weiser Hardware Manufacturing Co.
Los Angeles, CA
1904 - 

Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
Yale & Towne
Stamford, CT
1868 - Present

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