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• 1885 William D Gates acquired the property as an inheritance from his father Simon S Gates
  Production consisted of architectural terra cotta
• 1901 introduced an art pottery called TECO
  Although a majority of the shapes were designed by Gates and his designers, he occasionally called on Architectural Club members, including Frank Lloyd Wright to design Teco shapes
• mid 1920s production of TECO ceased
• 1930 American Terra Cotta and Ceramic Company was sold and renamed the American Terra Cotta Corporation. Production consisted of architectural products
• Shortly there after they began fabricating steel and around 1960 the production of the architectural terra cotta was ceased
• the name was changed again to Terra Cotta Industries