1877 Frank Herschede started selling clocks. He imported the mechanisms and manufactured the cases locally.
1900 Frank bought out the company he was purchasing cases from in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1901 Frank Herschede’s clocks won a gold medal at The South Carolina and West Indies Exposition, the first of several such awards for Herschede.
1902 Herschede’s clock company was incorporated under the name of Herschede Hall Clock Company.
1911 Herschede Hall Clock Company started manufacturing their own clock movements.
1913 Herschede began offering a third melody, the Canterbury Chimes, in addition to the Westminster and the Whittington Chimes, which they had been offering since the beginning of the company.
1922 Frank Herschede passed away, leaving his son Walter as president of the company.
1926 The company began selling electric clocks under the name of the Revere Clock Company.
1962 Walter Herschede retired, leaving control of the company to his son, Richard.
1972 Herschede Hall Clock Company, after years of many ups and downs since World War 2, merged with Howard Furniture and Briarwood Lamps to form Arnold Industries, Inc.
Herschede Clock History
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1877 Frank Herschede started selling clocks. He imported the mechanisms and manufactured the cases locally.
1900 Frank bought out the company he was purchasing cases from in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1901 Frank Herschede’s clocks won a gold medal at The South Carolina and West Indies Exposition, the first of several such awards for Herschede.
1902 Herschede’s clock company was incorporated under the name of Herschede Hall Clock Company.
1911 Herschede Hall Clock Company started manufacturing their own clock movements.
1913 Herschede began offering a third melody, the Canterbury Chimes, in addition to the Westminster and the Whittington Chimes, which they had been offering since the beginning of the company.
1922 Frank Herschede passed away, leaving his son Walter as president of the company.
1926 The company began selling electric clocks under the name of the Revere Clock Company.
1962 Walter Herschede retired, leaving control of the company to his son, Richard.
1972 Herschede Hall Clock Company, after years of many ups and downs since World War 2, merged with Howard Furniture and Briarwood Lamps to form Arnold Industries, Inc.