Welcome
to Our 100th Anniversary Press Room
We
were pleased to be counted among a handful of companies celebrating
their 100th year in 2003. Our long history is underscored by the fact
that the company has continued under the same family management for
four generations. We owe our success to the family business
tradition of quality workmanship and superior service handed down to
us.
Contact:
Jack Andrews
Phone: 469-330-9122
Cell: 214-478-0878
Email: jack@dallasplumbing.com
General Press Release in PDF format
100th Anniversary Photo Gallery
The
above will open our 100th photo gallery in a new browser window for
your review. Many other images are also available. High resolution
digital files in TIFF format are available for each on CD. If you
prefer hard-copy prints, please call Jack Andrews at 469-330-9122.
A Brief
History of Dallas Plumbing Company
It started in
1903. That
was the same year the Wright brothers launched their maiden flight at
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and Ford Motor Company
was officially
incorporated with Henry Ford as Vice President and Chief Engineer. That
year, Dallas Plumbing Company was born  and
soon after Ward Downs began serving the plumbing needs of Dallas
customers from his horse-drawn wagon, becoming the first of four
generations of family leadership in the company. As the city grew, so
did the
opportunities for Dallas Plumbing Company.
From
that early beginning, Dallas Plumbing Company has survived and thrived
as the oldest plumbing company in the area, spanning four generations
of family ownership in two millennia. The company has helped construct
some of the most prominent homes and structures in Texas. In 1934,
Dallas was selected host city for the Texas Centennial Exposition,
celebrating the state's independence from Mexico. Among a labor force
of 8000 workers, Dallas Plumbing Company helped build what is now the
nation's largest collection of Art Deco buildings and now a National
Historic Landmark.
In
Highland Park and the Park Cities, the company originated plumbing and
heating in many of the cities landmark homes, serving these communities
from the Dallas Plumbing Company location on McKinney Avenue. Another
significant landmark, Highland Park Village, was a Dallas Plumbing
Company project in 1931. The Spanish style center remains a local and
visitor shopping venue in the heart of Highland Park. Here, the company
still serves many of the families now living in the original homes, in
addition to renovation, remodeling and new construction in the Park
Cities.
 During World War II, Dallas Plumbing helped build
structures to support
our armed services, while still serving residences and businesses in
the Dallas area. After the war, Lt. Fred Downs became the second
generation leader at the company. In 1981, son Johnny became the third
generation Downs family member to head Dallas Plumbing Company. Today,
almost 100 years later, the third and fourth generations of the Downs
family continue to own and operate the company.
 Dallas
Plumbing Company currently serves Dallas, Collin and Tarrant County
commercial and residential customers from the company's headquarters in
northeast Dallas.
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