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Hardware Hallmarks
An index of the manufacturers who shaped the Victorian architectural landscape.
A. Kenrich & Sons
Allentown Hardware
Allentown, PA
Established 1889 after purchasing Gilbert Lock, and closed in 1897
Trademark Stamp
Barrows
1880-1925 / 1925-1953
Lockport, IL
Purchased by Yale & Towne
Trademark Stamps
Belding Manufacturing
Boston Knob Co.
Branford / Yale & Towne
Britten, Graham & Mathes
C. 1888 -
Pittsburgh, PA
Formerly Nimick & Brittan Mfg.Co.
C.R. Brothwell & Co.
Chantrell
c. 1880 - 1939
Reading, PA
Chantrell Hardware & Tool Co.
Trademark Stamps
Chicago
Chicago / Sager
Chicago Hardware
1878-1913
Chicago, IL
Changed ownership in 1907 and dropped Niles attachment. Changed name to Sager Lock Company in 1913.
Clark Manufacturing
Climax Door Knob
Clinton Lock Company
Corbin
Corbin / William Hall
Corbin, Hall
Detroit Hardware
Earle Hardware
Elkington & Co.
F. C. Linde
Cresskill, NJ
1890 Purchased by Barrows & moved to Lockport, IL No catalog known Sold by Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.
Fontaine
Fontaine & Vaillant
G.E. Bringman
Gilbert
1876 -1889
Newark, NJ
Established in Chicago, relocated to Newark in 1880, and sold to Allentown in 1889.
Trademark Stamp
Herter Bros.
Hollenbeck
Ireland Manufacturing
1886 - 1889
Cincinnati, OH
Sucesor to Morris Sash Lock Mfg. Ireland catalog showed Morris locks. and Ireland marked locks known.
James Cartland & Sons
Kenton / Union Door Knob
L. Howard & Co.
Livingston & Co.
Lockwood / Reading / Yale & Towne
Lockwood, Russell & Erwin
Maison Fontaine
Maison Sterlin
Morris Sash Lock Manufacturing
1880 - 1886
Cincinnati, OH
Absorbed by Ireland Manufacturing.
Trademark Stamp
Nashua / Lockwood
National Brass
New England Butt Co.
1842 -
Providence, RI
Manufacturers of Prouty" Rigid Door Knobs
Niles / Chicago
Niles/Chicago; Russell & Erwin
Peterborough
1885-1956
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Purchased by American Hardware Co.
Peters Combination Lock C.
Phoenix Lock Works
Renovators Supply
Rite Hardware
Robinson
Russell & Erwin
Russell & Erwin / Corbin
Sager
1913- 1954
North Chicago, IL
Purchased by Yale & Towne in 1925 and became Sager Lock Works.
Salem Lock Co.
Samuel Yellin Metalworkers
Sargent, Corbin
Schlage
Smith & Butler
Trenton
1866-1890
Trenton, NJ
Incorporated as Trenten Lock Co. in 1866 Became Trenton Lock & Hardware Co. in 1875
Union Brass / Adams & Westlake
Union Door Knob Co.
Detroit, MI
Union Hardware Manufacturing Co. Union Doorknob
