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A brief history of Farley & Loetscher

Farley & Loetscher manufacturing company was once considered the largest millworking plant in the world.

Farley & Loetscher began in 1875 when Christian Loetscher, a 25- year-old Swiss immigrant, opened a millworking business.

In 1876, Loetscher formed a partnership with A.B. Carlin and J. Rickard. The company, renamed Clark, Rickard and Co., bought the Key City Planing and remained a small millwork factory.

Jesse P. Farley became the principal partner in the company in 1879 by investing $75,000 in a three-story building at Eighth and Jackson streets. In 1881, the company was incorporated as the Farley & Loetscher Manufacturing Co. Farley served as ...

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