Laying the foundation (1867–1870) Īt this time the factory was only '100 feet square and two stories high' and in 1868, Joseph L.

and become its president and treasurer, O.Y. Hall incorporated the Hall's Safe & Lock Co. This success would lead to other government contracts during those years. Having no machinery or experience he managed to deliver in the requisite thirty days. Hall adapted to the times and took a government contract to alter and rifle five thousand Austrian muskets.

(1862–1867): During the American Civil War demand for safes waned. Around 1862 the factory was moved to the southwest corner of Pearl and Plum streets in Cincinnati, Ohio, where it would remain and grow. (1858–1862): William Carroll and Charles Carroll partnered with Joseph L. They employed 15 people and produced two safes per week. Hall in 1851 to form the firm Hall & Dodds. Dodds bought Edward Hall's interest and partnered with Joseph L. Hall in a small and largely inconsequential way in Pittsburgh, PA in 1846 before moving the business to Cincinnati in 1848. Hall first began in business with his father Edward H. Hall cycled through a number of business partners and company names in the earliest years prior to incorporating and establishing Hall's Safe & Lock Co.Į. 4 Office, agency, and salesroom locations.

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