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The Detmer Woolen Company was founded in 1885 in New York City by Julian Francis Detmer.''Julian F. Detmer, Retired Importer'',
'' The New York Times'', November 27, 1958, pg. 29. The business dealt primarily with textile mills in New England.
Detmer (December 4, 1865 – November 26, 1958) was a native of
The Detmer Woolen Company maintained offices in the Parker Building, New York City when the structure burned in January 1908. The fire which destroyed the edifice began in the Detmer offices on the fourth floor.
In late April 1909 the business leased of floor space from the Bush Terminal Company on the fourth floor of Loft Building No. 3 at the foot of Thirty-Seventh Street, in South
Brooklyn, New York. Detmer Woolen maintained its Manhattan, New York offices but removed its
entire inventory of stock to its new Brooklyn headquarters."In The Real Estate Field", ''The New York Times'', April 25, 1909, pg. 24.
In July 1915 customs officials won a judgment against the Detmer Woolen Company. The ruling involved a discrepancy in the classification of woven fabrics made of silk and wool. The importers
claimed a duty of 35% which was challenged and reversed to the amount of 45%. The Detmer Woolen Company failed to request a commission to study the construction of cloth in the factory abroad.
The 10% extra duty resulted from the primary value of the fabric being adjudged to be silk rather
than worsted cloth.
In October 1918 the
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
who came to New York City and started a woolens wholesale and importing firm.
He was president of Detmer & Moore, Detmer & Richter, the Detmer Woolen Company, and Detmer, Bruner
and Mason.
Company history
The Detmer Woolen Company maintained offices in the Parker Building, New York City when the structure burned in January 1908. The fire which destroyed the edifice began in the Detmer offices on the fourth floor.
In late April 1909 the business leased of floor space from the Bush Terminal Company on the fourth floor of Loft Building No. 3 at the foot of Thirty-Seventh Street, in South
Brooklyn, New York. Detmer Woolen maintained its Manhattan, New York offices but removed its
entire inventory of stock to its new Brooklyn headquarters."In The Real Estate Field", ''The New York Times'', April 25, 1909, pg. 24.
In July 1915 customs officials won a judgment against the Detmer Woolen Company. The ruling involved a discrepancy in the classification of woven fabrics made of silk and wool. The importers
claimed a duty of 35% which was challenged and reversed to the amount of 45%. The Detmer Woolen Company failed to request a commission to study the construction of cloth in the factory abroad.
The 10% extra duty resulted from the primary value of the fabric being adjudged to be silk rather
than worsted cloth.
In October 1918 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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noted that the Detmer Woolen Company accounted for $50,000 of the district's $1,375,331,000 in subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan
A liberty bond (or liberty loan) was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financi ...
war bond selling campaign.
Founder's demise
Julian Francis Detmer retired from the woolens business in 1935. He lived until the fall of 1958, and died just a few days before what would have been his ninety-third birthday. His legacy includes the establishment of the Detmer Nurseries (arboretum
An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...
s)
near his home in Tarrytown, New York. The gardens were destroyed in 1968 and 1974 as part of a commercial residential development project.
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