1875

c. 1890

Joseph Jewett sets up shop at 19 Pearl Street.

c. 1891

Walter Vaughan joins Joseph Jewett at 19 Pearl Street.

1895

Joseph D. Jewett and Walter C. Vaughan form “copartnership” under the name J.D. Jewett & Co.

1895

J.D. Jewett & Co. moves from 19 Pearl Street to 168 Washington Street, near Dock Square.

1900

1902

May 29: J.D. Jewett Co., successor to J.D. Jewett & Co., is incorporated, with Joseph Jewett as president and Walter Vaughan as secretary.

1903

July 9: Fire at J.D. Jewett Co.’s store at 168 Washington Street causes several thousand dollars damage.

c. 1909

Joseph Jewett and Walter Vaughan end their partnership; Walter Vaughan assumes control of the J.D. Jewett Co.

1909

October 15: The J.D. Jewett Co. is formally renamed the W.C. Vaughan Co.

Massachusetts State Armory

Wakefield, MA

1913

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

c. 1918

The W.C. Vaughan Co. acquires L.S. Hall & Co.

L. Stanton Hall stays on as shop superintendent.

1918

November 11: The W.C. Vaughan Co. moves from 168 Washington Street to L.S. Hall’s shop at Haymarket Square on Armistice Day.

Harmon Hinge No 806

c. 1920s

1921

W.C. Vaughan acquires Wm. Hall & Co.

“Colonial Forge and Foundry.”

c. 1920s

1925

1926

W.C. Vaughan acquires building at 3–7 Havervill, which houses its forge, foundry, manufacturing, and shipping departments.

Colonial Williamsburg

Williamsburg, VA

1927-1934

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church

Charleston, SC

1927-1938

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, MA

1928

Guy Lowell, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1929

Elmer Hale Pratt joins W.C. Vaughan as a draftsman.

The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

(Edison Institute)

Dearborn, MI

1929

Robert O. Derrick, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

c. 1933-1941

Stafford Vaughan joins Ostrander & Eshleman, solidifying partnership with the W.C. Vaughan Co.

Watertown First Parish Church

Watertown, MA

1933

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Stafford Vaughan designs W.C. Vaughan’s lever handle 637, later used on the front door of the Gropius house.

c. 1935

US Department of the Interior

Washington, D.C.

1936

Waddy Butler Wood, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

William K. Vanderbilt Estate “Eagle’s Nest”

Centerport, N.Y.

1936

Warren & Wetmore, Architects

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Dillaway-Thomas House

Boston, MA

1937

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Under Elmer Pratt’s direction, W.C. Vaughan Co. introduces Lucite door pulls.

c. 1937

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Nathaniel Saltonstall House

Medfield, MA

1937

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Grace Church

New York, NY

1937

James Renwick, Jr., Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church

Washington, DC

1937

James Renwick, Jr., Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Gardner-White-Pingree House

Salem, MA

1938

Samuel McIntire, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

William P. Bartel House

Wayland, MA

1938

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Trinity Church

Newton, MA

1938

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Breuer House, Lincoln

Lincoln, MA

1938

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

W.C. Vaughan provides hardware for Life Magazine’s “Life Houses.”

1938

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Mr. & Mrs. G. Holmes Perkins House

Brookline, MA

1938

George Holmes Perkins, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Josephs Church

1938

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Exmoor Farm Renovation

Weston, MA

1938

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Ritz Carlton Hotel

Boston, MA

1938

George Holmes Perkins, Architect (Alteration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1939

New York World’s Fair, the “World of Tomorrow”; W.C. Vaughan supplies hardware for exhibitions including the Argentine Pavilion and Gropius and Breuer’s Pennsylvania State Exhibition.

1939

W.C. Vaughan acquires the John Tein Co.

Life Magazine’s Life Houses

Queens, NY

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Michael’s Church

Litchfield, CT

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Salem, MA

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Centenary Church

Winston Salem, NC

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Pennsylvania State Exhibition

New York, NY

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

New York, NY

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Fischer House & Studio

Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, PA

1939

Walter Gropius & Marcel Breuer, Architects

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Gov. Gore Mansion

Waltham, WA

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Saint Anthony’s Church

1939

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Peabody Plywood House

Dover, MA

1940

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Brown University

Providence, RI

1940

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Massachusetts General Hospital Chapel

Boston, MA

1940

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Colonial Hand-Forged, Wrought Iron Hardware.

c. 1940

Wrought Iron Hardware.

c. 1940s

Church of the Redeemer

Brookline, MA

1941

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

John P. Monks House

Lincoln, MA

1941

George Holmes Perkins, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Weizenblatt House

Asheville, NC

1941

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Chamberlain Cottage

Wayland, MA

1941

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

W.C. Vaughan manufactures torpedo parts for the war effort.

c. 1942

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1943

Walter Vaughan retires; divides shares in W.C. Vaughan between Stafford Vaughan and Elmer Pratt.

1943

Stafford Vaughan becomes president of W.C. Vaughan.

Geller House I

Lawrence, NY

1945

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Joseph

Dover, NH

1946

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Church Christ Scientist

Winchester, MA

1946

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Cronk Chapel

1946

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Gilbert Tompkins House

Hewlett Harbor, NY

1946

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Old Wye Church

Wye Mills, MD

1947

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Lutheran Church

Gardner, MA

1948

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Breuer Cottage

Wellfleet, MA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Fischer Guest Cottage

Newtown, PA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Kepes Cottage

Wellfleet, MA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Breuer House I

New Canaan, CT

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Robinson House

Williamstown, MA

1948

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Wellesley Veterans Housing

Wellesley, MA

1949

Hugh Asher Stubbins, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Thompson House

Ligonier, PA

1949

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Andrews Episcopal Church

Wellesley, MA

1949

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Scott House

Dennis, MA

1949

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Our Lady of Mercy Seminary

Lenox, MA

1949

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Mayo Hill Colony Club

Wellfleet, MA

1949

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Thomas Church

Hartford, CT

1949

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1950

Zimmerman House

Manchester, NH

1950

Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Smith House

Aspen, CO

1950

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Lauck House

Princeton, NJ

1950

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Vaughan Hardware, Catalog No. 26

c. 1950

Causy House

1950

1951

W.C. Vaughan loses 1 Haymarket Square to eminent domain; moves to 32–36 Pitts Street.

Winterthur Museum

New Castle, DE

1951

Henry Francis DuPont, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Edward E. Mills House

New Canaan, CT

1951

Marcel Breuer, Architect (Addition)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Wolfson Trailer House

Salt Point, NY

1951

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Pack House

Scarsdale, NY

1951

Marcel Breuer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Mary’s - The Morning Star Church

Pittsfield, MA

1952

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Joseph’s Cathedral

1952

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1717 Meeting House

West Barnstable, WA

1952

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Church in Taunton

Taunton, MA

1953

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Cathedral Church of St. John

Wilmington, DE

1953

James E. Lowe & Sons, Architects (Restoration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

P.M. Herzog House

Boston, MA

1953

Huson Jackson, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. George’s Episcopal Church

Schenectady, NY

1953

Samuel Fuller, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Brandeis University Chapels

Waltham, MA

1954

Max Abramovitz, Architect

Eero Saarinen, Architect (Master Plan)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Andrews Church

Wellesley, MA

1954

William Graves Perry, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Lutheran Church

Boston, MA

1954

Pietro Belluschi, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Brigid’s Church

West Hartford, CT

1954

Curtin & Riley, Architects

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Governor’s Palace

New Bern, NC

1954

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Chermayeff Cottage & Studio

Wellfleet, MA

1954

Serge Chermayeff, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Scott Residence

Wellfleet, MA

1954

Serge Chermayeff, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Edward E. Mills House

New Canaan, CT

1954

Marcel Breuer, Architect (Alteration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Parish Meeting House

Cohasset, MA

1955

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Bowditch House

Cambridge, MA

1955

Eleanor Raymond, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Nathaniel Russell House

Charleston, SC

1955

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church

Hickory, NC

1955

Robert Clemmer, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1955

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Radcliffe College (1879-1999)

Cambridge, MA

1955

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Christ Church

St. Simons Island, GA

1955

Abreu & Robeson, Architects

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

West Barnstable Meeting House

Barnstable, MA

1955

E.B. Goodell, Jr, Architect (Restoration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Harvard Business School

Cambridge, MA

1955

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Catalog 34R: Vaughan Clearview

c. 1950s

Catalog 45: Emergency Exit Lock.

c. 1950s

Westwood Parish Hall

1956

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1957

The Boston Redevelopment Authority forces W.C. Vaughan’s move from Pitts Street to 77 Washington Street North.

Wye Parish House

Wye Mills, MD

1957

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Lincoln Parsonage

Lincoln, MA

1959

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Revere Pentecostal Church

Revere, MA

1959

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Church in Winston Salem

Winstom Salem, NC

1960

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Church of Advent

Medfield, MA

1960

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

The Oldest House (González-Alvarez House)

St. Augustine, FL

1960

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Vaughan Hardware.

c. 1960s

King’s Chapel House

Boston, MA

1961

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Christ Church

Hamilton, MA

1961

Philip Horton Smith, Architect (Addition)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Lutheran Church of the Newtons

Newton, MA

1961

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Lutheran Home of Moorestown

Moorestown, NJ

1961

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Pilgram Congregational Church

1961

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Cathedral Church of St. Paul

Boston, MA

1962

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Catholic Guild for The Blind

1962

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Sons of Mary

Framingham, MA

1962

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Joseph M. Edinburg House

Brookline, MA

1962

Nathaniel Saltonstall, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

New York, NY

1962

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Ephrata Cloister

Ephrata, PA

1962

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

MIT Earth Science Building

Cambridge, MA

1962

Araldo Cossutta & I.M. Pei, Architects

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Chermayeff Courtyard House

New Haven, CT

1962

Serge Chermayeff, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

New England States Exhibition

New York, NY

1962

Nelson W. Aldrich, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Edward Carrington House

Providence, RI

1962

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Parish Church

Lincoln, MA

1962

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Centenary Methodist Church

Richmond, VA

1963

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Baptist Church

Greensboro, NC

1963

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Presbyterian Church of the Convenant

Greensboro, NC

1963

Harry Barton, Architect (Addition)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Columban Parish

Arlington, VT

1963

Dirsa Lampron, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Governor Goodwin Mansion

Chase House

Portsmouth, NH

1963

William Graves Perry, Architect (Restoration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1964

Stafford Vaughan retires; Elmer Pratt becomes president of W.C. Vaughan.

First Parish Church

Sudbury, MA

1964

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Kings Chapel House

Boston, MA

1964

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

People’s Methodist Church

Bradford, MA

1964

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Pierre S. du Pont IV House

Wilmington, DE

1964

Ike W. Colburn, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

Emmitsburg, MD

1965

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Methodist Church

Pearlsburg, VA

1965

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Angela Merici Church

Metaire, LA

1965

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. John’s Chapel

New York, NY

1965

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Peter’s Church

Manset, MA

1965

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Duke University Divinity School

Durham, NC

1965

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

David Rockefeller House

c. 1965

Nelson W. Aldrich, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Matthew’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church

Charleston, SC

1965

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Cranwell School Chapel

Lenox, MA

1966

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

"Smoke Screen Doors Hinged to Pocket".

1966

Trinity Church

Boston, MA

1967

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

St. Richard’s Church

1967

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Old Governor’s Mansion

Milledgeville, GA

1967

Charles B. Cluskey, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Heritage Plantation

Sandwich, MA

1968

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

John Wright Stanly House

New Bern, NC

1968

John Hawks, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Catalog No. 64R.

c. 1970

Catalog No. 72: Classic Sample Collections.

c. 1970s

Vaughan Hardware

List Price Book No. 1

c. 1970

Vaughan Clearview

Price Sheet #1 Applying to Catalog #34R

1970

Emergency Exit Lock #1636

1970

Cover Letter.

1970

Port Tobacco Court House

Port Tobacco, ML

1971

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Marblehead Church

Marblehead, MA

1971

Carpenter Associates, Architects

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

Clark Art Institute, Manton Research Center

Williamstown, MA

1972

Pietro Belluschi, Architect

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

First Church Congregational

Boxford, MA

1972

Merton Stuart Barrows, Architect (Restoration)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1975

Vaughan Hardware

Classic Collections

c. 1970s

First Church Dedham

Dedham, MA

1975

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1979

Elmer Pratt retires.

The Hebrew College

Brookline, MA

1980

Andrea Leers Browning, Architect (Expansion)

The W.C. Vaughan Co., Manufacturer

1981

Redstone Modern acquires the W.C. Vaughan Co.

1986

Elmer Pratt’s nephew Glenn Albert Pratt, former vice president of W.C. Vaughan, purchases the company from Redstone Modern and re-establishes the business in Braintree, Mass.

2000

2000

E.R. Butler & Co. acquires the W.C. Vaughan Co.

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