Exterior photograph of Brown-Graves Lumber Co. Brown-Graves Company began when Goehring Manufacturing Company was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pittsburgh Plate Glass on March 1 ,1899. The primary business was manufacturing hand mirrors, brushes and other toiletry items made from ebony. In 1908, Harvey L.Graves moved to Akron and bought the Goehring Manufacturing Company. He had worked for Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., trouble shooting and building warehouses throughout the country. In 1914 the company merged with the Hoehring Manufacturing Co. to form Brown-Graves Company. The company continued to grow by selling millwork, doors and windows to lumber dealers and general contracters throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and Western New York. In 1945, Harold E. Graves purchased all of the Brown family interest in the company, and his sons joined the company as third generation family members.
