History - Gustav Stickley House Foundation

A Timeline of the Gustav Stickley House

Stickley, with wife and six children, moves to Craftsman Farms, Morris Plains, NJ.

The interior is rebuilt to provide an ideal background for Stickley’s Craftsman furniture. It is believed to be the first interior in America in the Arts & Crafts style. In the December 1902 issue of The Craftsman, Samuel Howe writes: “When I enter I note a rich grandeur in the…Read More

Fire Destroys House

On Christmas Eve, a fire destroys the interior of the house.

First Issue of Craftsman Magazine

In October 1901, Stickley published the first issue of The Craftsman magazine, an important vehicle for promoting Arts and Crafts philosophy as well as the products of his factory within the context of articles, reviews, and advertisements for a range of products of interest to the homemaker. The magazine also…Read More

Gustav House Completed – 1900

The Gustav Stickley House is a three-story house completed 1900 in Syracuse, New York for the furniture designer Gustav Stickley. It was originally designed by architect Wellington Tabor. On the outside, it is similar to many other houses on the block and in the neighborhood, which covers a hillside leading…Read More

Furniture Called Arts & Crafts Introduced

Stickley’s first furniture that can now be called Arts & Crafts is introduced at the Grand Rapids Furniture Exposition. Stickley and family move into 416 (now 438) Columbus Ave., a new house designed by Wellington Tabor in the Queen Anne style with Neo-Colonial detailing. Stickley likes to walk to work.

Gustav Stickley Company – 1898

In 1898 he orchestrated the removal of his business partner and formed the Gustave* Stickley Company (*he dropped the use of the “e” in 1903). In the summer of 1900 he worked with Henry Wilkinson and, possibly, LaMont A. Warner (soon his first staff designer) to create his first Arts…Read More

Stickley Builds New Factory

Stickley builds new factory on Burnet Ave. in Eastwood, NY for the production of furniture in eclectic market driven styles.

Stickley Brothers & Company

In 1883 his industrious nature led him and his brothers Charles and Albert to form Stickley Brothers & Company, the same year in which he married Eda Ann Simmons. Within five years, the company was dissolved and Stickley’s ambitions led him to partner with Elgin Simonds, a salesman in the…Read More

Young Gustav

On March 9, 1858 Gustav Stickley was born in Osceola, Wisconsin. He was one of eleven children of German descent. The eldest surviving son, Stickley experienced the rigors of life upon a small Midwestern farm, forgoing his formal education in 1870 to continue work in his father’s field of stonemasonry…Read More