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Combination for Coal,
Wood and Gas
SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION
I currently have a large number of wood/coal ranges by Glenwood, Crawford, Fairmount, Premier, Household, Herald, Oakland, Glendale, etc. These are priced in restored condition from $1700 and up depending on rarity etc. I also have many in various original colored enamels. Let me know your needs and I can probably help.
Victor Queen range S. M. Howe company was a large heating supply company in Boston that made stoves but also sold many more under it's house brand names. This stove was made by the great Walker and Pratt co. for S.M. Howe. It has all the high quality and class of the W and P stoves. This came from a shed near cape Cod and when I moved the stove we found a new , old stock set of coal grates, plus frame, plus new original firebricks. This is a very high quality range in restored condition $2700
Base heaters came in around 1905 and were produced by several firms in Taunton, Mass. The smoke travels up the main body, down the back pipe,under the ashpit, back up the back pipe , then out of the stove. It may travel 10 to 12 feet inside the stove so that a maximum amount of heat is transferred to the room. These represent the peak of coal burning technology and are serious heaters. They may burn coal or wood as desired. They also have lots of nickel trim and are impressive from any angle. I have models from Glenwood, Wing's Best, Crawford, Tessier, and Herald. They start at $2800 and up depending on model and size.
This Glenwood C is a fine example of the most popular stove in New England for 20 years from 1914 till 1934 or so. Sturdy with a large firebox they make superb wood stoves and fine coal ranges as well. With wood they are fed from the front and have at least a 22 inch firebox. I have a flock of these in black,gray, tan, mint green, and some with sidecars as well. Completely restored to new condition these start at $2700 and up depending on options. I have just acquired this model with a gas sideshelf. Perfect for that camp or isolated home. SOLD
Glenwood Modern Oak I have several number 116 stoves for wood only or wood/coal, and a #118 for wood only. These are handsome stoves first made around 1905 and are still amongst the best stoves to heat with. Starting at $2000
In 1893 the Spicer Company of Providence, RI sent it's very best range to the World's Fair in Chicago to compete against the products of stove companies from the world over. The" Model Grand" won the highest award at the fair and for several years after the Spicer Company sold Model Grand World's Fair Commemorative stoves. This is the 1898 version and one of the last stoves to come from that company as they were absorbed by Barstow Stoves around 1901 or so. This is the smaller 7 size stove and was found last year in a garage in RI. The high back was salvaged from somewhere and sold to me by a Picker. ( pickers find things and sell them to local antique dealers etc. ) Reunited they form a spectacular stove . (On museum loan)
Just finished--a Model Grand World's Fair range with the rare high back with cherubs. One of the most impressive ranges ever made.This the very late 1900 series.SOLD.
Before and after of a Glenwood 116 oak is seen above. Lots of Oak style stoves in the back barn. This is a typical Glenwood modern oak. I have several sizes of these. I also have Round oaks in D, E series , Stewart oaks, Summit oaks, Kalamazoo oaks, etc. We can also convert these to run on gas with a thermostat and safety. Great looks and convenience as well.SOLD
Our Glenwood #111 heating stove . This is a Glenwood coal heater with the recirculating base heating option. These stoves take up only a spot about 2 feet square but can heat an entire home. The smoke travels up the barrel then down between the inner and outer barrel, then around the base, then up a pipe in the back. It all adds up to about 12 feet inside the stove. All the heat possible is radiated into the home rather than up the flue. A powerful, efficient stove from the era that marked the peak of coal heating technology. Coal burning technology peaked around 1910 when oil became the prefered fuel. These are amongst the most fuel efficient coal stoves known. I have recently acquired a number on these in three different sizes. They came in two series, the early , fancy one, and the later model shown here. I have both in three sizes each. Starting at $2000
I have just picked up a number of ranges from Glenwood (C, E, K, Home Grand, Sunny models), several Crawfords ( Village, Charm , Fairy models), plus several Crescents in various sizes. If you are interested in a coal or wood range, I have a small flock under restoration at this time. Stove Names . I am often asked about the seamingly stange names on antique stoves. Names like art,flirt,dog,gift etc.. These are all short names because stoves were ordered from the factory by telegragh and you paid by the letter. Short names saved money. Also, some old catalogs have a 4 or 5 digit letter code for every model. So you could order a standard range using "dingo" but the same range with a warming oven was ordered as "dondo" . The factory knew what was what.
Warning: once you have owned and used a wood/coal range, you can never be without one. Fancy ranges similar to the Glenwood Home Grand above are getting harder to find. They were made prior to 1905 or so which makes them at least 100 years old. How many antiques do you know about that can be found in a barn, restored , and used daily after a century of existence? I have a few really nice examples of Glenwoods, Crawfords, and several other brands that I recently dragged out of cellars etc. I will be restoring these one at a time and placing them on the site. I think the first one will be a Glenwood 190 Sunny with water tank produced around 1895. This is a small stove, very ornate, with water tank and the unusual 9" lids. This one came from upstate NY and is set up to burn wood only and in excellent original condition.
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Want a really old stove? When people were converting to stoves from fireplaces, New Englanders prefered to stick with these open Franklin stoves. They were made from the early 1800's onward. The top stove is a large Congdon from Providence , RI(1830's). It is designed to slide into an existing fireplace. The second is an 1852 open Franklin stove. It is in the process of being restored and still needs another coat of paint etc. I have several dating from 1830 or so in many sizes. Call and I can probably fill your needs. These come from tiny to too big to carry. Some have legs and some are designed to slide into the fireplace. Starting at $1400
Charm Crawford Royal with roll oven. It is getting very unusual to see a New England range with a warming oven. Never plentiful , even years ago, they are just not available today. I have , at this time, two Charms, Two Glenwood K's, a Cabinet K, two Glenwood M's, a double oven Glenwood, and a Cabinet Glenwood, A Castle Crawford, 2 Grand Crawfords---all with warming ovens. Now's the time to order one if you want one for Fall
Sold! Cabinet Glenwood K Yet another large Glenwood range. These are wonderful stoves for folks that want a large stove but have not quite enough space. Upper and lower warming ovens plus a 24" firebox for wood make these the choice of serious wood burners. The 20" oven is big enough for almost anything. A serious stove for folks that depend on the stove. When restored-$3200 Wanted; Some of my ancestors in Berwick, Nova Scotia manufactured stoves in the 1800's. Two models were made by the Pineo and Clark Co. I would like to find an example of the stoves manufactured by my family and would appreciate any help in finding these stoves. Emery Pineo I have found a Pineo stove and I would now like to find the "Waterloo" model
Catch of the day These all came in this week and are a group that I will probably never see again. Roll oven new england stoves are not easy to find and are getting tougher all the time. These are all Glenwoods and most came from the same old barn. If you want one better speak up soon.
1928 Glenwood Ourway range is one of the great stoves from Glenwood in the 1920's. Glenwood perfected the gas range around 1926 and made some of the best stoves ever till 1930 when the depression deepened and caused everyone to cheapen up on their products. Glenwood made their regular ranges ,which are very good, but they also made a higher grade range called the "Ourway" ranges.( Similar to the relationship between Lexus and Toyota.). This one has had a pilot system added to the cook surface and all the gas works have been redone. The oven now lights automatically and has a safety system. Everything has been rebuilt to new. Rare and getting harder to find all the time this one is available at $6500 I have left and right oven models in stock Sale Glenwood Ourway ranges are probably the best of the old gas ranges. They have the best insulation sealed in the stove, the best thermostat , and the doors open to the side and are never a problem. I am tossing out my modern trophy stove and replacing it with a Glenwood Ourway at my wife's insistance. Normally dealers get from $6000 to $7500 for these stoves but I can save you money and get some more space in my barn. I will be selling these stoves for $2200, as is, including transportation to a friend the has four techs doing nothing but restoring old gas ranges. you pay him for the restoration which usually runs from $2000 to $2800. I cannot do the job here for this price and you end up with a stove for a thousand or two less than in the past. Other dealers use the same service but don't tell you. I have 5 or 6 ourways, 2 roll oven ranges that would be perfect for conversion to electric ovens with gas on the cooktop(dual fuel). and a small horde of long legged Glenwood ranges from 1928(the best) and others as well.
Glenwood SNJ supercapacity range. This one is in my kitchen and
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Fortress Crawford 8-20.
1928 Glenwood Delux SOLD! |
and "Stove whisperer" For more information, please contact the Antique Stove Hospital at: 469 Long Highway or by e-mail above. Information Want to know more about our rebuilding services? I can probably help with questions about stoves made in New England and general information about restoration etc. If you have a question about a stove made west of the Hudson river then I suggest you contact Clifford Boram. He can be reached at 1-574-583-6465 or if you wish to contact him by mail at 421 North Main St., Monticello, Indiana 47960. Please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope if you want return correspondence. Clifford runs the midwest antique stove clearing house and has never failed yet. Changes in business; People used to come in and buy stoves for occasional use and nostalgia. No more! I'm seeing folks that realize that some winter there will be a shortage of fuel and lots of cold people. They are preparing by having a coal/wood range or a parlor stove. Both run on fuels that are available locally and can be stored. Coal can be bought years ahead and stored in the cellar(I buy mine in July , in plastic 40 pound bags on a pallet.I'm still using some that I bought several years ago). When we loose power I often don't know till morning when I try to brush my teeth.--no water!! Most modern stoves use electricity, or worse --a manufactured product like pellets! This year many dealers got their pellet supply in March--almost spring!! I like my winter fuel supply where I can see it. My wood and coal restoration has reached the point where I will be doing mostly that end of the business and less in the gas area. The old kitchen ranges are the reason I am in business since I just plain love them. I would rather restore them than most anything else, so I plan to spend most of my working hours working on them. The gas restoration work will be farmed out to close friends/dealers when I'm too busy. Don't worry, my friends are capable people in this area. Also; 1. I've turned sixty three and I have started to bury my friends. My very best friend of forty years died on election day. Two others in the month before or after. 2. My insurance has taken a quantum leap that means , in effect, I would be working to support them. I now know why they own the large buildings like the Prudential Center 3. These stoves seem to be getting heavier. I need help now to haul even the smaller ranges up a flight of stairs. 4. Time is much more important than money right now . Someone else is catching the fish, I have cars to restore, dogs to walk, and sunsets to be viewed. Flash!!! My trusted helper has had a heart attack. He will be OK but he will not be schlepping ranges up and down stairs. In fact, he has had to take another job which is less physical in nature. I'm alone here now so stove restoration takes more time than it did before. Please be patient. Gas or Electric Conversion of Antique wood Ranges I have been getting calls about conversion to gas or electric for stoves orginally designed to burn wood.. I do have lots of ranges that are good candidates fro this. Best deal for you seems to be to buy a range from me and I will arrange for the conversion. Call and I will give details.
SHIPPING: I do ship and have an arrangement with Yellow Freight that will allow a 40% discount in most cases. . I do charge to crate($100) since I use particle board and pallets. If you pick up at the nearest terminal you get the best deal. No pickup truck? Beer will usually find a friend with a truck.
This is a typical Glenwood gas range from the late 1920's. I have15 at this time is various flavors. Most are light gray with white inserts but I have one in black and one that can be almost any color you wish. These are exceptional stoves with great insulation and one of the best thermostats ever made.
One of the best things about these old stoves is that we occasionally find something totally new and unexpected.. This is a Fairmount E model wood/coal range that someone purchased new around 1920 or so. They added a gas sideshelf and the upper gas oven and broiler. In Thirty years of restoring stoves I have never seen another stove with this combination. I did find it in a 1922 catalog and the price at that time was $140, or about 1/3 the cost of a new Ford automobile. Most wood/gas combinations are really gas ranges with wood/coal added. This one is a complete wood/coal range with the gas added. A very rare and quite nice configuration.the stove is in superb condition aside from being preserved in old grease. The firebox was used with kerosene which also helped preserve the stove. A very rare oportunity to purchase a great year round stove that will be a knockout when restored. Coal versus wood in ranges. I own a 7 acre wood lot but I burn coal. In places where wood is plentiful like Maine, wood makes lots of sense. In my area I have a choice and have tried both. Coal in a rebuilt range will burn for 8 - 12 hours at a time without any tending. There is no dust or odor if you are using it properly. It does take practice but once mastered is great to use.. If you just light the stove for cooking or special occasions then wood is your best bet but if you heat full time think a little about coal .
Wood Bishop and Co from Bangor , Maine made this Franklin stove in the 1890's. It is complete with the curfew, original andirons, and the hard to find screen. This one has the beautiful tiles with the nickel trim on the front, grapevine pattern on the columns, and can be used as a fireplace or a heating stove as needed. This is the first one I've had in 30 years. $2000
Railway King 16 I have just picked up several number 14 and 16 railway king station heaters. These were very popular in general stores, stations, and large shops. Once common, today they are getting hard to find in good condition. The 14's are a good size for the average home and the 16's are impressive from any angle. 14's=$1800, 16's=$2100
Glenwood 508E. This one is fresh from the recovery room and set up for wood only with a 24 inch firebox that feeds from the front. I heated my home for two winters with a similar stove. One of my personal favorites. I have four more of these great stoves in stock. $2500.
We can restore your antique stove. I will need to know the brand and model and size of the stove. Wood/coal stoves require complete disassembly, sandblasting, welding or parts, caulking, reassembly, paint , and firebox work. Nickel is done by a local shop and I charge what they charge me in most cases. It is very high quality and I pay accordingly. Firebox parts like grates need to be recast at a foundry. I have grate patterns for several hundred ranges. I charge $1400 for a wood/coal kitchen range rebuild plus nickel and parts. The process usually takes a month or more due to the wait for nickel plating, longer in Winter because we cannot sandblast below 32 degrees F. Parlor stove rebuilds vary in price due to the difference in size and complexity of the stoves. I do have parts for stoves but could never have everything for every stove. Cost increases; We are being assaulted from all sides. My sand was $3.50 per bag and has gone to $12.00. Nickel work is very high right now and in many cases it is of dubious quality.( I have switched shops for this reason). Paint has gone up again and my good nickel welding rod is now in the $30.00 per pound range. A sheet of stainless that was $30 two years ago is now around $170 and the price changes from day to day. I have had to slightly increase prices to take all this into account but I will try to limit increases to as small as possible.
Planning to visit? This is Ptolemy, my director of security at the hospital and he is friendly without mercy. His favorite things are exploring the woods, the drive thru at Burger King, and greeting visitors. If you have a friendly dog, Ptolemy will show him/her the very best places to play and probably get wet. The hospital is a working shop and you should not overdress for a visit. Fall and Spring are sometimes muddy. It is also good to call ahead as I have been known to occasionally leave for business reasons or bass fishing. Looking forward to seeing you.
Ptolemy is training a security assistant named Magellan. Just twelve weeks old in this photo he promises to be a large golden in a few months.
My security staff hard at work protecting the stove hospital from squirrels. What better way to spend a cold snowy afternoon? Incidentally, at the sight of a squirrel they turn into velocigoldens. 4 down so far this season and one skunk!!
US Army Cannon heaters. Number 18 and 20 sizes in stock at this time. Number 18=$1600, number 20=$1800.
In New England many folks never throw things out. This garage is one example of someone that could not part with the old stoves. Over the years it developed into a small collection of stoves. The place is now sold so they had to go. This is the third such garage I have been in this year. Two truckloads came from here to my barn. They will all be restored and put back into use.
Round Oak D-18. This is the model with the extension barrel on top. It is called a sheet and a half by stove people. It serves to increase the surface area so more heat enters the home. This one has the wrong finial on it but I have one with the standing indian statue. It can be had with a single barrel or the extension. These are impressive and hard to find. $3200 I also have an E-20 model.SOLD Just a word about ranges. When they were originally sold, you purchased the base range which was the base and the body. Then you added options till you arrived at the stove that met your needs. These options included the gas side car (left or right or both), gas side shelves, overhead gas ovens, water tanks, internal water heaters of several different types, a choice of 6 or 8 different grates, through the floor shoots for ashes, cabinet bases, colors, warming ovens (above and below the range), kerosene set up, left or right firebox, and many more choices. If you can think of it---somebody built it. Sometimes we have a difficult time finding some configurations as they may have been very unpopular at the time of manufacture or proved to be less durable than other choices. If you have something in mind I will try to find it for you.
Combination wood/gas stoves Some of these are illegal and cannot be made legal to use today. Call and describe the stove and I can help identify the ones to stay away from.
Barstow coal recirculator 1851
Chilson Trio stove 1851 These are both odd ball stoves from the 1850's. I collect stoves that are old enough that they will never be called on for heat again. Many of these are close to unique and all of them reflect the best thinking of their time. These were the high tech implements of the past and should be saved. I have perhaps 50 or so and I will continue to collect, repair, and store them. My son, the history teacher, takes a new stove each week to his schoolroom and displays the best ironwork of each era. Eventually they will go into some museum for future generations to appreciate. If you have a strange old stove that is probably too old for use. I would like to know about it. I do not sell these but will eventually donate them somewhere where they will be safe.
Lowe Art Tile stove 1880's Gas ranges. I am no longer restoring gas ranges due to the huge volume of wood/ coal work . I do have lots(too many) gas ranges. I only buy good gas stoves and plan to change the way I do business. I have to buy stoves. Dealers call me and if I do not buy at least some stoves they will stop calling. I plan to sell gas ranges at very reasonable cost to my customers and deliver them to a friend who is set up for nothing but gas stove restoration. He can do it much more quickly and cheaper than I can. If fact, I have found that you can buy a stove from my stock and have him restore it for about the same price as buying it completely done from me. In fact, in some cases it is cheaper. It looks like a win-win situation and I plan to work this way. I have many roll oven Glenwood gas stoves in stock and I need the room they take up for other stuff. Let's clean out my barn!
Magee Standard Open Franklin number 3
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Cabinet Glenwood M Cabinet Glenwood M with all the options. This stove has warming ovens in the base and on the high back, takes a 24" piece of wood in front, |
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