Simmons Hardware Company / Hockaday Paint Company

Simmons Hardware Company / Hockaday Paint Company (HM12B2)

Location: Wichita, KS 67202 Sedgwick County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 41.239', W 97° 19.663'

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1908

E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter Cutlery and Tools

With E.C. Simmons as president, Simmons Hardware Company was developed into one of the most extensive corporations of its kind with divisions in Wichita, Sioux City, Toledo, New York, Minneapolis and St. Louis. The "Keen Kutter" brand name was chosen by Simmons himself in 1870.

Products manufactured by Simmons Hardware reached all parts of daily life. The company sold axes, guns, stoves, lanterns, furniture, china, horse carriages, sewing machines, baseball bats, boxing gloves, fishing and sporting goods, farm tools, hammers, kitchen items, padlocks, paper goods, pliers, knives, razors, saws, scissors, tool chests, and lawn and garden items.

"A jobber's first duty is to help his customer to prosper."
- E.C. Simmons

Hockaday Paint
No. 150 N. Mosley
1908

Its successful "one-climate" paint prompted Hockaday Paint to expand from 140 to 150 N. Mosley.

1993
Wichita got a brew pub when River City Brewing Co. set up shop at 150 N. Mosley. The building had been occupied by Southwest Paper since 1941.
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HM NumberHM12B2
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Date Added Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 7:29am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 647448 N 4172438
Decimal Degrees37.68731667, -97.32771667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 41.239', W 97° 19.663'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 41' 14.34" N, 97° 19' 39.78" W
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Area Code(s)316
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 117-167 N Mosley, Wichita KS 67202, US
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