Condie-Neale made prism tiles (see top of page),
which is why they're included here, but they're best known for stained glass
work, especially Neptune's Daughter (above right).
Nameplate above old factory entrance, from photo by Paul Sableman (flickr)
Location: St. Louis
- Pine and 19th St.
- 2500 N. Broadway and Benton St. (around 1906-07)
Timeline:
- 1903-1915 · Formed
- 1915-1930s · Became Condie-Bray Glass and Paint Company
(member of The Art Glass Guild of St. Louis)
- "In presenting a catalog of SPECIALTIES to the trade, we feel that
we are giving the glass buyer a valuable reference book of
ACCESSORIES, and while we are headquarters for "ALL KINDS OF GLASS
FOR BUILDING PURPOSES," we take this means of reminding our friends
that we are also large distributors of every sort of accessory in
connection with the glass business.
Our plant is one of the largest in the United States devoted
exclusively to the glass business, and out facilities for the
prompt and efficient handling of all orders are unsurpassed by
any other house in the country. Located within the 2500 block
on North Broadway, the principal thoroughfare of St. Louis, and
extending back to our own railroad switch, we receive and
ship our goods with a minimum of breakage, time and expense.
It is well for the prudent buyer to know that we carry at all
times an immense stock of Polished Plate Glass in highest grade,
and whether it be an office building, a dwelling, show-case,
store front, counter top or anything of Plate Glass, we are
prepared to supply the need.
Also our stock of Window Glass is perhaps the largest and most
complete in the country, and our quality is always to be relied
upon.
Our Mirrors are strictly guaranteed.
We operate our own shops, and our organization is made up of the
most expert and reliable men in this line of business. We have
the largest Beveling plant in the West—a complete Leaded
Glass shop, Kilns, and Studios, Electro Plating Department,
Silvering Department operating to the largest capacity and
manufacturing Mirrors under the most approved processes, Chipping
and Grinding, Etching and Sand Blast works.
No order too large for our capacity. None too small for our
personal attention."
Personnel:
- Herbert Douglas Condie, Sr (President: 1903+)
- Clarence Warner Condie (Secretary, 1903+; Vice President: 1909+)
Herbert Douglas Condie, Sr:
- "CONDIE, Herbert Douglas, president Condie-Neale Glass Co.;
born Philadelphia, Pa., June 17, 1873; son of Thomas D. and
Mary Clara (Husted) Condie; educated in public schools and Park
Grammar School, Philadelphia, Central High School, St. Louis, and
special course in chemistry at Missouri Medical College; married,
Ferguson, Mo., Nov. 3, 1897, Sallie Case King, of Chicago; children,
Douglas King, Bertha Botsford, Margaret Hallowell, Herbert Douglas,
Jr. Entered employ of F. A. Drew Glass Co., St. Louis, Oct., 1891,
and worked though every position in office up to general manager,
until that company sold out to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., when
removed to Milwaukee and became assistant manager in that city of
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.; later removed to Pittsburgh upon opening
of the company's branch in that city, and was manager of its glass
department for two years, until organizing in St. Louis the
Condie-Neale Glass Co. in Feb., 1903, of which has since been
president. Republican, Was member of Battery A of St. Louis,
1893-96, Ran on Citizens' ticket for mayor of Ferguson, 1905,
Member Pennsylvania Society of St. Louis, Business Men's League.
Mason (32°, Missouri Consistory), and member of Moolah
Temple, Mystic Shrine. Episcopalian. Vice-president Christ Church
Choristers. Secretary Vestry St. Stephen's Church, Ferguson.
Favorite recreations: golf and chess. Office: S. E. cor. 19th and
Pine Sts. Residence: ''Kinghurst,'' Ferguson, Mo."
—The Book of St. Louisans, 1906
Herbert Douglas Condie
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- "Herbert Douglas Condie, controlling one of the important
commercial interests of St. Louis as the president of the Condie-Bray
Glass & Paint Company, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
June 17, 1873, and is a son of Thomas Douglas and Mary Clara (Husted)
Condie, both of whom were natives of Philadelphia and representatives
of old families of that city. There the father conducted business
as a chemist and retained his residence until 1887, when business
interests brought him and his family to St. Louis, where the mother
passed away soon afterward.
It is always interesting to know something of the ancestry in
analyzing the character of an individual, and in preparing the
history of Herbert Douglas Condie it is found that he is of Scotch
descent in the paternal line and of English lineage on the distaff
side. For generations the family lived at Kirkcajdy, Scotland,
and the old churchyard there was the burying place of representatives
of the name through a long period. Among the cherished possessions
of Herbert D. Condie is a genealogical booklet of the family, dating
back to 1600 and brought from Scotland in the middle of the eighteenth
century. The Condie family intermarried with the Douglas family.
A granduncle of H. D. Condie was the first boy editor in the United
States, publishing a paper at Philadelphia from 1808 until 1812.
Dr. David Francis Condie, his grandfather, became an eminent
representative of the medical profession in Philadelphia and made
valuable contribution to the medical literature of his day, including
a number of works on diseases of children which were used as
textbooks in the leading medical colleges of America and Europe for
more than a half century. Through the maternal line H. D. Condie
is connected with the Hallowell and other distinguished colonial
families of Philadelphia.
Before the removal to St. Louis, Herbert D. Condie had attended the
Park grammar school of Philadelphia, after which he continued his
studies in the Central high school of St. Louis and in the Missouri
Medical College, now Washington University Medical School, completing
a special private course in chemistry under Dr. Curtman and graduating
with the class of 1891. He then entered the employ of the F. A. Drew
Glass Company of St. Louis in October, 1891, and his efficient service
and fidelity won him various promotions with that house until its
business was sold to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, which
Mr. Condie afterward represented as assistant manager at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. Later he went to the city of Pittsburgh when the company
opened a branch house there and was manager of its glass department
for two years, or until February, 1903, when he became one of the
organizers of the Condie-Neale Glass Company of St. Louis, which in
1915 was reorganized as the Condie-Bray Glass & Paint Company.
From the beginning Mr. Condie has been its president and his training
in chemistry and his experience in connection with the concerns
previously mentioned well qualified him for the conduct of the
business interests which he assumed. His early training made for
deliberation and reflection, while following his removal to the
west he became imbued with the progressive spirit that has led to
the rapid and substantial development of the Mississippi valley.
These qualities have made for an even balance in his business
career, enabling him to avoid unwarranted risks or failures into
which unrestricted progressiveness is so frequently led. He has
been eminently successful and is highly regarded by all who have
had relations with him. His ability to analyze correctly a subject
and separate its important from Its incidental and accidental
circumstances has been one of the strong features in his advancement.
Aside from his connection with the glass company he has become
vice president of the Overland Automobile Company, and a director
of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company.
On the 3rd of November, 1897, Herbert D. Condie married Miss Sallie
Case King, of Chicago, a representative of the Jones family, which
was one of the first to settle in that city. Three sons and two
daughters have been born of this marriage: Douglas King, Bertha
Botsford, Margaret Hallowell, Herbert Douglas, Jr., and Churchill
Clarke.
Mr. Condie is well known among amateur golf enthusiasts, is a
devotee of bridge and is also considered an unusually good chess
player. At his home he maintains a chemical laboratory, as
completely equipped as is to be found in most universities, where
he finds a pleasant avocation during his spare hours in continuing
the study of analytical chemistry. He is fond of travel and the
study of history, is one of the supporting members of the St. Louis
Museum of Fine Arts and also belongs to the Chamber of Commerce.
He belongs to Ferguson Lodge. A. F. & A. M., and in Missouri
Consistory has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish
Rite, and also belongs to Moolah Temple, Order of the Shrine. He
is a member of the Noonday, St. Louis, Racquet, City, Sunset Hill
and Bellerive Country Clubs. He is a director of the Barnard Skin
and Cancer Hospital. While he has never sought to figure prominently
in politics, he was city treasurer of Ferguson in 1900 and was a
candidate on the citizens ticket for the office of mayor in 1905.
He is an Episcopalian in religious belief, has been a member of the
vestry of St. Stephen's church at Ferguson for the last twenty-three
years and is now senior warden. He is often called upon to discuss
public questions and to act as toastmaster, having won a reputation
as a ready and entertaining speaker. He has taken an active part
in raising money for various worthy causes and with America's
entrance into the World war he was found strongly arrayed with
those business men who were ready to sacrifice private interests
to uphold the welfare of the country and promote that of the boys
in camp and field. He had formerly been a member of Battery A of
the Missouri National Guard and he became captain of Company K of
the First Regiment of Missouri Home Guards. He acted as chairman
for St. Louis County in the Red Cross campaign and was prominent
in promoting various other war activities; and thus along constantly
broadening lines of usefulness he has reached out for the benefit
of mankind." —Centennial History of Missouri
Harry G. Neale:
- "Neale, born in England in 1872, settled in St. Louis in the early
1890s. He first worked for the Crystal Plate Glass Company, which
was connected with Pittsburg Plate Glass. Later, he went into
business with H. D. Condie." Regarding Condie-Neale: "Its product
is of superior quality, the methods of workmanship employed are
standard and the affairs of the house are managed with the utmost
regard to a progressive spirit and straightforward dealing."
Mr. Neale was a member of Ferguson Lodge, AF & AM, a communicant
of the Episcopal Church, with Republican party political affiliation.
—St. Louis: history of the fourth city, 1763-1909, by
Walter B. Stevens (St. Louis, 1909), vol. 2: 632.
Clarence Warner Condie:
- "CONDIE, Clarence Warner, vice president Condie-Neale Glass Co.;
born, Philadelphia, Apr. 16, 1877; son of Thomas Douglas and Mary
Clara (Husted) Condie; educated in public schools of Philadelphia
and St. Louis, and St. Louis High School, 1893; married, San Jose,
Cal., Aug. 6, 1902, Mary Standish Pitman; two children: Mary Virginia,
Clarence Douglas. After leaving school traveled in this country and
abroad. With Smith & Davis Manufacturing Co., 1894-98; resigned
to fill duty with National Guard in Spanish-American war. Returned
to St. Louis, 1898, and engaged with St. Louis branch Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co., to 1901; then at general offices of company, Pittsburgh,
until 1902; agent same company, Wheeling, W. Va., 1902-03. Returned
to St. Louis, 1903, became secretary Condie-Neale Glass Co., and vice
president since 1909. Also vice president Building Industries
Association. Member Civic League, Zoological Society. Received medal
from United States Congress for service with Battery A, Missouri
Volunteers, Spanish-American war, Porto Rican Campaign, 1898. City
treasurer Ferguson, Mo., 1901. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Clubs: Bellerive Country, City. Recreations: golf,
hunting and fishing. Office: 2500 N. Broadway. Residence: 5379 Cabanne
Ave." —The Book of St. Louisans, 1912 (2nd edition)
- "Glass and glazing", issued by the National glass distributers ass'n.
Saint Louis, Press of Kutterer-Jansen, 1916, 46 p., 11 illus. 23";
"Compiled ... for the National glass distributers association by
Clarence Warner Condie." © Feb. 17, 1916; 2c. and aff. Feb. 23,
1916; A 427080; C. W. Condie, St. Louis. (16-6276) 1110
Joseph W. Bray:
- Treasurer & resident manager, Campbell Glass & Paint Co.,
St. Louis, New Orleans, Kansas City, 338-340 Camp, Phone Main 3753
—1908 New Orleans City Directory
- b.11/24/1865 (Eufaula, Alabama), d.6/5/1932 (St. Louis),
Father Nathan M. Bray (New Haven, CT), Mother Kate Wells (CT)
—Missouri State Archives: Missouri Death Certificates,
1910-1959 —#24157
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