Latrobe Stove
The Latrobe Stove, also known as a "Baltimore Heater", was a coal-fired parlor heater made of cast iron and fitted into fireplaces as an insert. They were patented in 1846[1] and were very popular by the 1870s. The squat device was invented by John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe (1803–1891).[2] He was the son of noted engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe II. Latrobe became a patent lawyer and was shy about taking credit for his stoves which succeeded Benjamin Franklin's much larger Franklin stove.[1]
In 1980 there were a small number of antique stove restorers but most old stoves were used for decoration or as planters, being air tight.[3]
References
- ^ a b Pbreber (October 11, 2016). "Forgotten history of Ellicott City & Howard County MD: John H. B. Latrobe's patented heating stove - Latrobe Stove - 1846". historichomeshowardcounty.Blogspot.com. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ John Havelhurst Boneval Latrobe, Maryland State Archives
- ^ Blake, Harriet L. (August 31, 1980). "Putting the Fire Back in Granny's Old Wood Stove". Retrieved February 9, 2018 – via www.WashingtonPost.com.
Further reading
- Iron Men and Their Dogs Baltimore: 1941 by Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe
- A History of Hayward And Friend, 1837-1840, Stovemakers.