The Perfection Stove Company was found in 1888 by Henry P. Crowell and Francis E. Drury in Cleveland, Ohio. Its industry was appliances, lamps and heaters and its headquarters were in Cleveland, Ohio and presently Waynesboro, Georgia. It was purchased by the Hupp Corporation in 1955. It was acquired by Schwank, Inc. in 1981.
SUBSIDIARIES[]
- Perfection Stove Company, Ltd. (Sarnia, Ontario)
COMPANY NAMES[]
- Cleveland Foundry Company (1888-1916)
- Cleveland Metal Products Company (1916-1921)
- Perfection Stove Company (1921-1955)
- Perfection Industries, Inc. (1955-1964)
- Perfection Furnace & Air Conditioning Division, Hupp Corporation (1964-1965)
- Typhoon Air Conditioning Division, Hupp Corporation (1965-1981)
- Perfection-Schwank, Inc. (1988-present)
PRODUCTS[]
- "Aladdin" Cooking Utensils
- "Perfection" Stoves
- "Perfection" Water Heaters
- "Perfection" Oil Heaters
- "Perfection" Oil Ranges
- "Puritan" Gas Cooking Stoves
- No. 21 (one burner)
- No. 22 (two burner)
- No. 23 (three burner)
- No. 31 (one burner)
- No. 32 (two burner)
- No. 33 (three burner)
- No. 41 (one burner)
- No. 42 (two burner)
- No. 43 (three burner)
- "Superfex" Oil-Burning Refrigerators
ADVERTISEMENTS[]
The Metal Worker (Oct. 7, 1893)
The Metal Worker (April 7, 1894)
The Saturday Evening Post (Sept. 30, 1916)
Good Housekeeping (December 1916)
The Saturday Evening Post (May 12, 1917)
The Saturday Evening Post (May 1, 1920)
Hardware Retailer (July 1943)
Popular Science (November 1947)
Hardware Age (July 26, 1951)
Commercial Refrigeration & Air Conditioning (February 1954)