Architect - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Person | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | Robert Wood, Ironworker | 1849 | |
| Partner | Elliston Perot | 1857 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1851/11/00 | J C and R B Wood order 13 boxes of cast iron from Robert Wood, Iron Rail Foundry and Manufacturing in Philadelphia. | Manufacture | |||||
| 1852/06/00 | J C and R B Wood order an additional 13 boxes of Robert Wood's ornamental cast iron. | Manufacture | MacRae-Dix House | Wilmington, NC | |||
| 1853/00/00 | By 1853, "Robert Wood, Iron Rail Foundry and Manufacturing" company at 12th Street and Buttonwillow (lost) in Philadelphia covers nearly an acre, employs 200 people and posses between 3,000-4,000 patterns. | Work | Callowhill-Popular | ||||
| 1857/00/00 | Elliston Perot and Robert Wood create "Wood and Perot" ornamental iron works in Philadelphia. They will complete a new foundry at 1136 Ridge Avenue (lost) c 1858. | Work | Callowhill-Popular | ||||
| 1869/00/00 | Wood and Perot produce an iron cast of the William Emlen Cresson memorial by Joseph A Bailly. It is located in Laurel Hill Cemetery at plot W-284. | Foundry | William Emlen Cresson Monument | ||||
| 1878/00/00 | Wood and Perot file for bankruptcy and their patents and inventory of ornaments, patterns and sculptures are sold. Haines, Jones, and Cadbury Co acquire the foundry at 1126 Ridge Avenue (lost) which was razed in the 1990s. | End |
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