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Henry & Moncrief Furnaces: Age, Manuals, History

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Moncrief furnaces, made originaly by the Henry Furnace Company, is currently a division of York International.

History of the Henry Furnaces & Moncrief Furnaces

The Henry Furnace Company who made Monrief furnaces was a Medina Ohio company. Some history of the Moncrief furnace and Henry Furnace Company is revealed by a review of litigation between a wholesale and retailer of heating equipment:

The facts established by the pleadings and the evidence may be briefly noted. Plaintiff, The Henry Furnace Company, since 1943, (per some union documents, possibly 1941 or earlier) has engaged in the Cleveland area in the manufacture of furnaces bearing the trade name and label of "Moncrief Furnaces."

My understanding is that Henry Furnaces was purchased by Luxaire Inc. in turn joining York International, currently owned by Johnson Controls.

Luxaire, a Westinghouse division, purchased by York marketed along with Fraser-Johnson, also these brands: Home-Air, Moncrief,

Some of the Moncrief furnaces are operated by gas, others by oil, and there are various models in different price ranges. Plaintiff has been the only manufacturer of Moncrief furnaces in this area since 1943, when it acquired by purchase the plant, patents and all other rights of The Henry Furnace & Foundry Company, which latter company together with its various predecessors, Henry & Scheible Company,

Moncrief furnace at InspectApedia.com]The T. E. Henry Furnace Company and Henry Miller Foundry Company, had manufactured at least since 1905 a furnace similarly known in the trade as a Moncrief furnace.

 

The Henry Furnace & Foundry Company, and its immediate predecessor, The T. E. Henry Furnace Company, prior to the acquisition of its plant and assets by plaintiff, had sold its product, the Moncrief furnace, throughout the United States, with the exception of the states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Under a consent decree entered into on September 30, 1914, The T. E. Henry Furnace Company and one S. P. Moncrief, in a law suit in a Georgia court, had provided that S. P. Moncrief and his associates should be entitled to the exclusive use of the trade name, "Moncrief," in the four states mentioned; that in the states of Alabama and Mississippi the said Moncrief and The T. E. Henry Furnace Company should be entitled to use the trade name, "Moncrief," in common; and that

The T. E. Henry Furnace Company, its successors and assigns should be entitled to the exclusive use of the trade name, "Moncrief," on furnaces sold in all other states of the United States and in foreign countries.

(Plaintiff's exhibit 26.)

It should be added that there is testimony in the record that in Dallas, Texas, a company under the name of Moncrief Furnace & Manufacturing Company at the present time is engaged in selling a furnace known as the M.F.C. Deluxe but its field appears definitely limited to that state.

 


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Question: how to determine the age of a Moncrief furnace made by Henry Furnace Company

I am trying to determine the age of a Moncrief furnace made by the Henry Furnace Company Model L-95 Series 4. There is no serial #. It is maroon with chrome trim - Matt Falk Aire Serv - 3/29/2013

Reply: Henry Furnaces & the Moncrief furnace name

Matt,

The Henry Furnace Company who made Monrief furnaces was a Medina Ohio company. IF data tags were legible you'd find a 3-digit series number (perhaps like 622) equivalent to a model, or an actual Model Number (L150) and a serial number sometimes in the format A-620-22-4-B.

With no data we can't know the age of yours, though sometimes there will be a clue of the "at least" age by noting data on the equipment service tag or on a date written on the original instructions stuffed up in the framing overhead.

Without any information you can stil bet the Moncrief is more than 20 years old, more likely from the 1950's. The "safe" advice is to declare a 50-year old heating furnace obsolete, and past due for replacement.

A more thorough assessment by someone wanting to put off buying a new furnace would be a thorough cleaning, inspection for damage or heat exchanger leaks, tune-up, and efficiency measurement if the system was found safe and operable.

Be sure that any efficiency assessment is done after cleaning and tuning and a safety inspection.

See MONCRIEF FURNACE - HENRY FURNACE AGE & MANUALS furnaces that may be helpful. That catalogs 1950's era Moncrief heating equipment.

See HENRY FURNACES & Moncrief furnaces for historical details and the chain of owners and marketers of both Henry furnaces and Moncrief furnaces.

Question: Age & value of a Moncrief furnace model 36c84

(Oct 19, 2019) Chris said:

I have a Moncrief furnace model 36c84 can you tell me how old it is n what its worth

Reply:

Chris

You will need the serial number for your heater to decode is age. The brand and model number are the starting point but they're not enough.

Above on this page you will see a link to Manuel's arranged alphabetically and there you would pick the clink that includes the letter M and there you could find your furnace brand.

I've done that for you and you could leap directly to this link

MONCRIEF FURNACE - HENRY FURNACE AGE & MANUALS furnaces

There you will see that more information is provided also linking to the heater equipment company name HENRY FURNACES

If you'll be kind enough to attach a photo of the data tag for your furnace I'll be glad to look at it directly myself.



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