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Boston dealers consider that the best locks in the country are the hand-made goods turned out by such firms as Enoch Robinson's," wrote Clarence Howard Blackall (1857-1941), the founder and first president of the Boston Architectural Club. (1) However, Enoch Robinson (1801-1888) of Boston influenced building, construction, and hardware throughout the United States. His influence changed the decorative hardware industry, and examples of his originality remain today. Blackall's book Builder's Hardware of 1890 was written from an architect's point of view to educate other architects about this important subject. He advocated selecting hardware carefully not only to determine ...