Comments on: 1952 Willett maple furniture http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/13/1952-willett-maple-furniture/ Remodeling, decor and home improvement for old homes Fri, 25 May 2012 14:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: darral voorhees http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/13/1952-willett-maple-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-127602 darral voorhees Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:14:33 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14546#comment-127602 recently bought large dining room table with slide out leaves, 6 chairs. This is willett furniture. curious of value. recently bought large dining room table with slide out leaves, 6 chairs. This is willett furniture. curious of value.

]]> By: Bill Brown http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/13/1952-willett-maple-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-120239 Bill Brown Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:45:41 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14546#comment-120239 My Grandfather, John Curran Brown was a fine furniture craftsman and wood carver living in Evansville, Henderson, and Louisville,KY. He worked most of his life in furniture and lumber companies. His last job in the furniture business was at the Consider H. Willett Furniture Company in Louisville, Kentucky. He was injured there in the early thirties and went back to Henderson, Ky. where he lived until his death in 1947. I have been researching him and his life for the last ten years and visited the site of Consider H. Willett former factory in Louisville with my Father in the 1980's and the building was still intact and had the name on the side of the building. I would love to come across a piece of furniture that John C. Brown helped to make, but alas that is impossible today for most of the pieces are in collectors hands from that time period. Bill Brown, Southern Son in the North My Grandfather, John Curran Brown was a fine furniture craftsman and wood carver living in Evansville, Henderson, and Louisville,KY. He worked most of his life in furniture and lumber companies. His last job in the furniture business was at the Consider H. Willett Furniture Company in Louisville, Kentucky. He was injured there in the early thirties and went back to Henderson, Ky. where he lived until his death in 1947. I have been researching him and his life for the last ten years and visited the site of Consider H. Willett former factory in Louisville with my Father in the 1980′s and the building was still intact and had the name on the side of the building. I would love to come across a piece of furniture that John C. Brown helped to make, but alas that is impossible today for most of the pieces are in collectors hands from that time period. Bill Brown, Southern Son in the North

]]> By: Rhonda Bolner http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/13/1952-willett-maple-furniture/comment-page-1/#comment-117507 Rhonda Bolner Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:54:52 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14546#comment-117507 Lincoln Chair Company was not EVER called the U. S. Lincoln Chair Company. They did not manufacture a chair called the "Lincoln chair". Wm. H. Lincoln was my great grandfather, so I think I know more about this subject than "Hoosier Historian" does. The Lincoln Chair building was built in 1913. It was actually the WEST end of the United Way Agency complex that burned on Christmas Eve, 2009. Please visit my web site to get your facts straight. I have done much research so that I could have a historical marker placed at the site of the Orinoco building. This marker also includes information about the Lincoln Chair Company. Both companies were headed up by my great grandfather, Wm. Harvey Lincoln, and then by my grandfather, Wm. Lucas Lincoln after the death of my great grandfather. Thank you. Lincoln Chair Company was not EVER called the U. S. Lincoln Chair Company. They did not manufacture a chair called the “Lincoln chair”. Wm. H. Lincoln was my great grandfather, so I think I know more about this subject than “Hoosier Historian” does.

The Lincoln Chair building was built in 1913. It was actually the WEST end of the United Way Agency complex that burned on Christmas Eve, 2009.

Please visit my web site to get your facts straight. I have done much research so that I could have a historical marker placed at the site of the Orinoco building. This marker also includes information about the Lincoln Chair Company. Both companies were headed up by my great grandfather, Wm. Harvey Lincoln, and then by my grandfather, Wm. Lucas Lincoln after the death of my great grandfather.

Thank you.

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