Today, Elmira Stove Works manufactures all of its vintage-styled appliances in their own manufacturing facility. All preparation, painting, assembly and final inspection are done here to ensure flawless quality. Over ninety percent of the parts and components used are sourced from North America.

Elmira Stove Works has been crafting vintage-styled appliances since 1975, constantly innovating and improving product performance and quality. In this 1975 photo, the original Elmira wood-burning cookstoves are carefully assembled by hand, just as they are today.

Antique ranges are built in the area center-left; Northstar ranges on the right. Every range is individually custom-built to the customer’s order. There are hundreds of possibilities available! A small-team approach to manufacturing ensures fine craftsmanship and attention to detail.

Don’t let their pretty looks fool you - Elmira’s Antique and Northstar ranges mean serious culinary business. They are built around KitchenAid Proline ovens and readily-available high-end components, ensuring reliability, durability and easy follow-up service.

Ovens, chassis, legs and skirts complete. A line-up of ranges wait for the installation of cooktops in our Antique range assembly area. From here, they’ll move on to have matching doors and upper cabinets installed… then on to final wiring and inspection.

Final wiring is completed; then it’s time for rigorous testing. Once the range passes performance testing and thorough visual and UL / CSA inspection, it’s cleaned, waxed, polished and ready for packaging.

The state-of-the-art powder coating facility allows us to efficiently produce our signature brilliant, durable finishes on metal parts. Non-metallic parts are color-matched in our automotive-style paint shop, using Dupont automotive finishes.

After receiving a total of six coats of Dupont color and clear coat paint, each Northstar fridge door is hand-buffed to a brilliant sheen. How much attention do we pay to detail - a single pair of doors receives about four hours of careful polishing!

Once the door panels are painted and polished, it’s time to carefully install the handle and logo, and mount the door panel onto the fridge, ready for final inspection and packaging.

Company President Tom Hendrick is hands-on involved with design, engineering and even manufacturing… constantly looking for better ways to build a better product. Here, he fits a trim rail onto a Fireview cookstove.

Our showroom features a beautiful array of Antique, Northstar and Fireview (wood-burning) appliances. Here, a Buttercup Yellow Northstar Model 1951 fridge, and Cayenne and Black/Bisque Antique ranges provide the background for a Fireview 1842-G cookstove (note the fire in the firebox).

Looking for a word to describe our attention to finish and detail? How about meticulous? We know you care about the appearance of your appliances… we care even more! Our objective is to give you appliances that are better-designed and better-built than you’ve ever imagined.

Great employees build great products! Our dedicated team of pros looks after every detail – from processing your order to manufacturing, packaging, inspection, shipping and follow-up service… to ensure the appliances of your dreams give you great memories for years to come.

Elmira Stove Works is a family-owned business. We’ve been building beautiful appliances since 1975, and we’re dedicated to providing you with great products and service. If you’re in our area, please stop by for a tour of our factory. Although a picture is worth a thousand words…
…the real thing is even better! Tom & Brian Hendrick