Harry Thompson IV

Harry B. Thompson Jr. comes to Conklin upon graduating from Georgia Tech.

Conklin builds a 40,000 sq ft. warehouse located at what is now 236 Moore Street.

The Atlanta Constitution — February 3rd, 1924

The Miami News — October 8th, 1923

Even 100 years ago it was about reaching out to specific customers in hopes of selling specific products. Though our product offering has changed over time, the fundamentals of our customer service have remained the same.

Five-V Crimped Galvanized roofing panel that we sold prior to World War II. It would have been between 1902 when we changed the name to “Conklin Tin Plate and Metal Company” and mid-1940’s when we closed the Savannah branch when the United States entered WW2. It is likely from the 1920’s, so if anyone ever

By Robbie Thompson Today’s steel market can be difficult to navigate. However, I cannot imagine what it must have been like in 1918. I was digging thru some old Conklin paperwork, and came across this tattered document that had gotten stuck to an old stock certificate from 1919. It was a “Special Notice” explaining that

The tinware manufacturing portion of the business was sold to the American Can Company. The business continued out of the same warehouse under the new name of Conklin Tin Plate and Metal Company. Having sold the largest segment of the company, he closed the retail department on Whitehall Street and the focus shifted to that

Having sold the largest segment of the company, the focus shifts to that of the wholesale trade of “Tin Plate, Metals, Solder, Sheet Copper, Sheet Iron, Conductor Pipe, Tinmen’s Machines and Tools”.

Marietta Street Warehouse Conklin builds four‐story, 40,000 sq. ft. warehouse on Marietta Street for $24,000 – (60¢/ft.). At the time, it was one of the largest factories in the U.S. for tin ware manufacturing.

Conklin ad from the Atlanta Constitution from March 1889 promoting the Wire Gauze Oven Door for your stove or oven.

Mr. Conklin moves to Atlanta and bought AP Stewart & Co., operating under the name Charles A. Conklin Mfg. Co. The nature of the business was “Tin Plate, Metals, Tinner’s Stock, Stoves, Etc.” He continued to operate the Whitehall store as the retail department.

Charles A. Conklin begins employment with Lyon Conklin & Co. in Baltimore, eventually becoming a partner. Born in New York City July 1848, Charles grew up in Baltimore and started working in 1866 for Lyon, Conklin & Company, a company founded in 1860 by his father Daniel, along with William Lyon. He became a partner

Conklin originally operated as a stove, tin ware and house furnishing business on Whitehall Street in Atlanta under the name A.P. Stewart & Co. This business was managed by Andrew P. Stewart, who was “one of the most popular men in Atlanta”, and who later became the Fulton County Tax collector—a position he held for