Since 1920 Luppen and Hawley, Inc has been making Sacramento a more comfortable and healthy place to live and work. In addition, it is one of the oldest family businesses in the region.The roots of the company go back to World War I, when Luppe B. Luppen and John B. Hawley, a pair of midwesterners, decided to start a business together. They were graduates of the University of Illinois School of Architecture and worked together as engineers for the Division of Architecture of the State of California. In 1920, the two went into business as mechanical contractors, continuing in the same field of construction work they'd been supervising for the state. Mechanical contracting involved plumbing, piping, steam heating, forced air heating, and air conditioning. The firm has the distinction of being one of the oldest Carrier air conditioning dealers in the country.Luppen and Hawley's original office was located on 906 7th St., right across the street from the Sacramento Bee. It was a small commercial office on the ground floor of an apartment building. Five years later, in 1925, they moved to larger quarters near Alhambra Blvd. and J street, where their business flourished for the next 47 years. They were right next door to the glamorous Alhambra Theatre, an air conditioned mecca for movie goers, Movie theaters were among the pioneer institutions to provide air conditioning as an essential draw for their customers. An hour or two in the coolness may have inspired many viewers to become Luppen and Hawley customers.
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