E. C. Stearns & Company
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| Hardware Manufacturing | |
| Industry | Hardware |
| Genre | Hardware, Tools |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Founder | George Noble Sterns (1812-1882) and son Edward C. Stearns (1856-1929) |
| Headquarters | Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, United States |
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Area served
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United States |
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Key people
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Son, John Edward Stearns, was secretary of the company in 1929 and had been in active charge of the business since his father, Edward C. Stearns retired a few years earlier |
| Products | Hardware, Tools |
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Number of employees
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3,500 |
| Divisions | Stearns Automobile Co., Stearns Steam Carriage Co. (1901-1904) E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency (1893-1899) Stearns Typewriter Co. (1905-1915) |
E. C. Stearns & Company was a manufacturer of tools and hardware in Syracuse, New York and was organized in 1864 as George N. Stearns Company by George N. Stearns, a wagon maker. During the early years, the company was principally involved in the production of hollow iron tools and specialties, hollow augers, and saw vises.
After George N. Stearns encountered health problems in 1877, son Edward C. Stearns, an industrialist, along with his sister, Avis Stearns Van Wagenen assumed duties and renamed the company. By 1884, the firm manufactured iron castings and skilled machinists produced patterns for metal fabrication. At the end of the 19th century, the company was one of the most extensive manufactories of hardware in the United States, and was one of the leading manufacturing industries of Syracuse.
Edward C. Stearns founded several other manufacturing plants in Syracuse, including E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency (1893-1899),Wholesale Bi-steam Carriage Company, and Stearns Automobile Company which was founded as Stearns Steam Carriage Company. The company also produced typewriters for a period of ten years beginning in 1905 under the name Stearns Typewriter Company.
Edward C. Stearns was the son of George N. Stearns, a wagon maker, who also invented several tools and patented many of his innovations including a boring and mortising machine and auger. He was born in Syracuse on July 12, 1856 and was the youngest of seven children born to Delilah Taylor and the elder Stearns.
About 1860, George N. Stearns began manufacturing his patented devices under his own name and he established himself in a "small but complete works". In 1864, he incorporated as George N. Stearns Company and relocated to a small building the firm erected at 116 Cedar Street in Syracuse. The company was principally involved in the production of hollow augers.
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