The Jackes-Evans Manufacturing Company was founded in 1888 (incorporated April 30, 1890) by F. R. Jackes and T. S. Evans in St. Louis, Missouri. Its industry involved manufacturing heaters, valves, mailboxes, wire, stove pipe, gymnasium equipment, etc. and its headquarters remained in St. Louis, Missouri.
In September 1967, Jackes-Evans was acquired by the Cenco Instruments Corporation (later Cenco, Inc.). The company operated a plant in Madison, Mississippi, known as Jackes-Evans Controls Division, from 1972 until August 1979 when it was acquired by the Parker-Hannifin Corporation. Jackes-Evans was purchased by GSW, Inc. in 1980. In 1993, the fireplace accessories business of Jackes-Evans was purchased by the Seymour Manufacturing Company of Seymour, Indiana. The company was disposed of by GSW in 1999.
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- Greenwood, Mississippi
- Madison, Mississippi (1971-1979)
- St. Louis, Missouri
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