 Nathan
Cummins started business Feb. 20, 1928 as Cummins Hardware selling
hardware and tires. The store was located at 3404 Reisterstown Road near
Park Circle. In 1929 Cummins Hardware became one of the first Frigidaire
refrigerator dealers in the country. Struggling through the depression
Cummins stopped selling tires in 1935. To compliment the hardware and
appliance sales Cummins expanded into kitchen sales in 1946. This same
year, in order to better serve its customers, Cummins also started to
repair appliances.
Nathan Cummins, who had remained active in the business, passed away on April 15, 1991. The business had again outgrown the store and on Jan. 27, 1992 was relocated to our present address, 1708 Reisterstown Road. The air conditioning business was dropped in 1994. The business today is sales and service of appliances with an emphasis on full customer service. |
In October 1954 a second generation came into the business,
Harvey Cummins. Shortly after Harvey entered the business Cummins expanded
into sales and service of central air conditioning. In 1959 the hardware
line was dropped and the name became The Cummins Appliance Company. On
Nov. 25, 1963 the store was moved into the county at 311 Reisterstown
Road. 
May
of 1980 brought the third generation into the business, Howard Cummins.
Again new energy was injected into the business. The kitchen business was
abandoned in 1988 to better focus on the air conditioning and appliance
business.