Historical Timeline
1800
1818
The New England Glass Co., founded by Deming Jarves and others
1825
c. 1825
Enoch Robinson begins manufacturing door knobs and other hardware, independently and with others, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1825
Enoch Robinson begins association with the New England Glass Co.
1825
Deming Jarves leaves the New England Glass Co.; founds the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
1825
Henry Whitney assumes control of the New England Glass Co.
Enoch Robinson & Henry Whitney: “Making glass knobs for doors”
1826
1828
Congress passes the Tariff Act
c. 1835
Enoch Robinson leaves Cambridge for Boston
The Hermitage
Nashville, TN
1835
Joseph Reiff & William C. Hume, Architects (Restoration)
E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturers
c. 1837
G.W. Robinson & Co., 4 Richmond Street
1837
Enoch Robinson & Francis Draper changes name to Francis Draper
1839
E. Robinson & Co. established
1839
January 2: E. Robinson & Co., 32 Dock Square
Longfellow House
Cambridge, MA
1840
E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturers
Cushing-Col. Benton House “Bellmont”
Belmont, MA
1840-1855
Asher Benjamin, Architect
G.W. Robinson & Co. & E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturers
G.W. & Ezra Robinson, “Spring-Bolt for Door and Other Locks”
1840
F. Draper, “Glass Knob for Doors, etc.”
1840
1846
E. Robinson & Co. moves to 4 Washington Street
1849
Mercury glass is patented in England by Edward Varnish and Frederick Hale Thomson of E. Varnish & Co.
1850
1851
P.F. Corbin Company founded
1851
Russell & Erwin founded
1851
Crystal Palace Exhibition, London
c. 1855
“Francis Draper” changes name to “F. Draper & Co.”
Treasury Building (South Wing)
Washington, DC
Expansion, 1855–1861
Ammi Burnham Young & Alexander Hamilton Bowman, Architects (Alteration)
E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturers
The Parker House
Boston, MA
1855
William Washburn, Architect
E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturers
The Old South Meeting House
Boston, MA
1857
E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturers
1861
April 12: Civil War starts
1861
June 28: Joseph Dodge Jewett born, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
(d. February 20, 1940)