A BRIEF HISTORY OF HAMILTON PARKER COMPANY

Serving Columbus Since 1934

1934 - The Alvin and Gertrude Lewin purchases
Hamilton Parker Fuel and Supply for $500

1950s and 1960s - A shift in the coal market requires the company to change its business strategy. Hamilton Parker Company begins a pattern of horizontal growth and diversification, implementing brick and masonry materials as a new product offering

1960s - Milton Lewin, son of Alvin and Gertrude, enters into the business. He later becomes the 2nd generation of Lewin Family ownership in the 1980s

1970s - The company continues to diversify, entering the prefabricated fireplace industry as an alternative to the masonry fireplace industry

1982 - In addition to brick and fireplaces, Hamilton Parker Company enters the ceramic tile business

1993 - Expansion continues as the company adds residential garage doors to fireplace its list of services

1997 - Hamilton Parker Company purchases Homeowner Supply Mart in Delaware, Ohio. The satellite location introduces its product lines in new markets: Northern Columbus, Delaware, and counties north of Delaware

2000 - In line with the city of Columbus as it expands, Hamilton Parker Company relocates to a new building at I-670 and Leonard Avenue. A state-of-the-art facility showcases all of its offerings under one roof

2003 - The magazine House Beautiful recognizes the company as one of the top 125 showrooms that “designers wanted to shop” in the United States

2005 - Adam Lewin, son of Milton Lewin, purchases the company after working with Milton for more than 10 years and serving as company president for
five years

2009 - Hamilton Parker Company celebrates 75 years in business in Central Ohio