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Still available: American Kitchen brand faucet for Raymond Loewy sink

pam kueber - Updated: August 1, 2021

Retro Renovation stopped publishing in 2021; these stories remain for historical information, as potential continued resources, and for archival purposes.

1946 American brand kitchen
1946 American brand kitchen — designed by famed Raymond Loewy designers

Can you believe it? You can still get the exact faucet required for a vintage American-Brand kitchen drainboard sink at at Locke Plumbing. Locke Plumbing also sells various parts separately.

raymond loewy American Kitchens sink faucet from Locke PlumbingThe owners tell me they still sell quite a few of them, including to lots of folks in Europe.  I was told it does not fit other sinks, but I am not an expert. 

Note, these American brand kitchens were designed by famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy — what wonderful historic provenance.

    • Want to know more about vintage steel kitchen cabinets? See my big research — including 100 ish brands identified so far!

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  1. Kim says

    July 26, 2010 at 8:24 am

    Thank you Thank you Thank you.

    I have a customer who is looking for a replacement faucet for her sink. I thought it was impossible until I found this web site.

    Just amazing.

    Kim

    • pam kueber says

      July 26, 2010 at 10:50 am

      You’re welcome. 🙂

  2. lindsay says

    July 17, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    Does anyone know if these American Kitchen faucets can be replaced by a different type of faucet? Would love to upgrade but haven’t found a faucet..

  3. jenSC says

    January 25, 2010 at 11:14 am

    Try demolition and salvage places. They can often refer you to refinishers too. I just bought a double bowl cast iron sink for $250 in pristine condition!

  4. Ires says

    November 11, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Locke Plumbing was our lifesaver in replacing the faucet in the American Kitchens cabinets & sink we bought off of NH Craigslist. A very fair price and quickly shipped.

    Our plumber couldn’t believe we had a new replacement.

  5. Hillary says

    November 6, 2009 at 10:55 am

    We just replaced the faucet on our American Kitchens sink with one of these this year! The original faucet lasted 60 years of continual use…not bad.

  6. Pam Kueber says

    February 26, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    NorthsideCJ, I think that you can replicate this flooring pretty well today – both Armstrong and Forbo offer TRUE linoleum. As for the wallpaper on the soffit, you know what I think of that!

  7. NorthsideCJ says

    February 26, 2009 at 6:46 am

    I love this kitchen…..if only there were better flooring choices available today. And where is the oven/stove/range? This is pretty much the look I went for in my kitchen. (Minus the red floor and the drool-worthy drainboard sink) Not sure about that wall paper for the soffit though.

  8. Chris says

    February 26, 2009 at 3:26 am

    We are actually on this site to see what we could find and we just recently removed this sink from our kitchen. We still have all of it though. Down to the cabinets and countertop. We really loved it, but my uncle insisted on an upgrade.

  9. Joe says

    February 25, 2009 at 3:38 am

    Aluminum would be good. I was planning on a dishmaster but this combo might be nice too. Thanks Pam!

  10. Joe says

    February 24, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    So, are the drainboard sinks still available somewhere? That would make a nice setup with my soon to be install Geneva kitchen.

    • Pam Kueber says

      February 25, 2009 at 2:11 am

      Joe, as far as I know, no one makes these porcelain-on-cast-iron drainboard sinks anymore. You’d have to find these vintage (try historichouseparts.com), or, go for aluminum from Elkay (see Countertops section in the Fast & East box).

      • Mary Hooper says

        January 21, 2015 at 7:15 pm

        Golly…15 years ago i got rid of my porcelain on cast iron sink because i kept breaking dishes on it. If only I’d known, I’d have kept it in the cellar until it “came back in” so i could get paid for it!

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