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
  1. 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.
  2. John Havelhurst Boneval Latrobe, Maryland State Archives
  3. 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.
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