1700

1775

1800

Nichols House

Beacon Hill Historic District

Boston, MA

1804

Charles Bulfinch, Architect

Stephen Higginson Jr. House

Beacon Hill Historic District

Boston, MA

1807

Charles Bulfinch, Architect

1825

Grace Church

Boston, MA

1835

William Washburn, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Salem City Hall

Salem, MA

1838

Richard Bond, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., G.W. Robinson & Co., Manufacturers

National Theatre

Boston, MA

1836

William Washburn, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Boston Custom House

Boston, MA

1837–1849

Ammi Burnham Young, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Mt. Washington House Hotel

Boston, MA

1838

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1839

E. Robinson & Co. established.

1839

January 2: E. Robinson & Co., 32 Dock Square.

1843

William Hall leaves E. Robinson & Co.; founds Wm. Hall & Co., 27 Dock Square, Boston, Mass.

1846

E. Robinson & Co. moves to 4 Washington Street.

Adam’s House Hotel

Boston, MA

1846

William Washburn, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

The Round House

Somerville, MA

c. 1849–1851

Enoch Robinson, Builder

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1850

c. 1851

James R. Bugbee becomes partner in E. Robinson & Co.

American House Hotel

Boston, MA

Expansion, 1851

William Washburn, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

James R. Bugbee, “Improved Lock and Key”

U.S. Patent 8,060

1851

Chateau-sur-Mer

Newport, RI

1852

Seth C. Bradford, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

William Flagg Homer House

Belmont, MA

c. 1853

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Fire Engine House No. 1, Roxbury

Roxbury, MA

1855

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Guyot-Horsford House

Cambridge, MA

1854

Henry Greenough, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Wm. Hall & Co., Manufacturers

The Parker House Hotel

Boston, MA

1855

William Washburn, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

P. Whitin & Sons, Cotton Machine Works

Whitinsville, MA

1855–1869

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

The Old South Meeting House

Boston, MA

Restoration, c. 1857

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Robert Twelves, Architect, 1729

Vermont State House

Montpelier, VT

1859

Thomas Silloway, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

US Custom House

Wheeling, WV

1859

Ammi Burnham Young, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Young’s Hotel

Boston, MA

1860

William Washburn, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Preble House Hotel

Portland, ME

1860

Alexander Parris, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Treasury Building

Washington, DC

Expansion, 1862–1864

Isaiah Rogers, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Robert Mills, Architect, 1836

E. Robinson & Co. Invoice, 1869

Document

1864

1865

Ammi B. Young, in his journal, writes that E. Robinson & Co. “are esteemed the best locksmiths in this country.”

1865

James R. Bugbee, partner with Enoch and William Robinson, leaves E. Robinson & Co.; E. Robinson & Co. changes name to E. Robinson & Son.

Old Naval Hospital

Washington, DC

1866

Ammi Burnham Young, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1867

E. Robinson & Co. hardware displayed in Paris at the Exposition Universelle d’Art et d’Industrie.

Temple for the Grand Lodge of Freemasons

Boston, MA

1867

E. Robinson & Co., Bugbee & Hollis, Manufacturers

Welch-Ross House

Cambridge, MA

1868

James R. Richards, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane

Concord, NH

1868

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Elias Carter, Architect, 1842

Elizabeth Kendall Residence

Boston, MA

1872

William Gibbons Preston, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1873

E. Robinson & Co. moves to 21 Brattle Street.

James Case Residence

Boston, MA

1873

William Ralph Emerson, Carl R. Fehmer, Architects

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1875

The Church of the Advent

Beacon Hill Historic District

Boston, MA

1875–1888

John Hubbard Sturgis, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Francis D. Robinson: “Improvement in Latches for Doors, Etc”

U.S. Patent No. 161,705

1875

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Francis D. Robinson: “Improvement in Latches for Doors”

U.S. Patent No. 8,008

1877

The Vale (Arthur T. Lyman Estate)

Waltham, MA

1882

Hartwell & Richardson, William Cummings Richardson, Henry Walker Hartwell, Architects

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Samuel McIntire, Architect, 1798

Somerville Fire Department

Somerville, MA

c. 1883–1890

E.K Blaikie, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Wm. Hall & Co., Manufacturers

Somerville School House

Somerville, MA

1883

E. Robinson & Co., Wm. Hall & Co., Manufacturers

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Estate

Woodstock, VT

Renovation, 1885

Henry Hudson Holly, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

C.C. Converse Residence

Boston, MA

1886

Francis Richmond Allen, Herbert Phipps Kenway, Architects

Allen & Kenway, Architectural Firm

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Boston Globe Building

Boston, MA

1887

Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee, Walter Thacher Winslow, George Homans Wetherell, Architects

Bradlee, Winslow & Wetherell, Architectural Firm

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1888

February 11: Enoch Robinson dies; his son Albert M. Robinson takes over E. Robinson & Co.

c. 1888

E. Robinson & Co. moves to 39–41 Cornhill.

The Parker House Hotel

Boston, MA

Extension, 1888

Gridley J.F. Bryant, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Catalogue and Price List of Polished Brass Furniture Trimmings

Catalogue

1888

Polished Brass Furniture Trimmings

Catalogue

1888

First Church, Roxbury

John Eliot Square District

Roxbury, MA

c. 1888

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

William Blaney, Architect, 1804

Cambridge, Massachusetts City Hall

Cambridge, MA

1888–1889

Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr., Frank E. Alden, Alfred B. Harlow, Architects

Longfellow, Alden & Harlow, Architectural Firm

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Sarah Orne Jewett House

South Berwick, MA

Restoration, 1888

Asher Benjamin, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Artistic Hardware, Manufactured by Enoch Robinson

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1889

Stephen Higginson Jr. House

Beacon Hill Historic District

Boston, MA

Restoration, 1890

Ogden Codman, Jr., Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Charles Bulfinch, Architect, 1807

City of Somerville

Somerville, MA

1892

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

The Breakers

Newport, RI

1892–1895

Burditt & Williams, Hardware Supplier

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Francis D. Robinson: “Spring-Hinge”

U.S. Patent No. 503,064

1893

Tremont Temple

Boston, MA

1896

Clarence Blackall, Architect

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

E. Robinson & Co. Envelope

Document

1897

Faneuil Hall

Boston, MA

Reconstruction, 1898–1899

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

John Smibert, Architect, 1742

Charles Bulfinch, Architect, 1806

Massachusetts Registry of Deeds

East Cambridge, MA

1899

Olin W. Cutter, Architect

Waite & Cutter, Architectural Firm

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1900

French Window Weather-Strip & Bolt

Rendering

c. 1900

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

Colonial Door Trimmings

Rendering

c. 1900

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

E. Robinson & Co. Invoice

Document

1900

Enoch Robinson Letterhead, with Drawer Pull Design

Document

c. 1900

Horticultural Hall

Boston, MA

1901

Edmund March Wheelwright, Architect

Wheelwright & Haven, Architectural Firm

E. Robinson & Co., Manufacturer

1905

G.N. Wood & Co. acquires E. Robinson & Co.

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