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The property once belonged to Edwin Binney, who invented the Crayola crayon. He and his wife, Alice, had a significant impact on Fort Pierce. Fort Pierce home of Crayola crayon inventor to join St ...
Edwin Binney (November 24, 1866 – December 17, 1934) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, who created the first dustless white chalk, and along with his cousin C. Harold Smith (born London, 1860 - died, 1931), was the founder of handicrafts company Binney & Smith, which marketed his invention of the Crayola crayon.
Edwin Binney's fingerprints are all over Fort Pierce's history, and his historic home still stands on Indrio Road. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
The Binney Estate, recently designated historic by the county, once was the home to Crayola crayon inventor Edwin Binney, who played a significant role in the early development of Fort Pierce and ...
Crayola's founders Edwin Binney (left) and Charles Smith (right), c. 1900 The company was founded as Binney & Smith Company by cousins Edwin Binney and Charles Smith [ 6 ] in New York City in 1885. Initial products were colorants for industrial use, including red iron oxide pigments used in barn paint and carbon black chemicals used for making ...
In 1911, Putnam married Dorothy Binney (1888–1982), the daughter of Edwin Binney, inventor and co-owner, with cousin C. Harold Smith, of Bonney & Smith Inc., the company that made Crayola crayons. They had two sons, David Binney Putnam (1913–1992) and George Palmer Putnam Jr. (1921–2013), and for a time lived in Bend, Oregon , where ...
Janie Baugh and Dennis Jurkiewicz, owners of the former home of Edwin Binney, walk through the 5-acre property of the historic home. There is an old wood frame house (left) on the property that ...
The home was purchased by newspaper publisher George P. Putnam and his new bride, Dorothy Binney Putnam, the heiress to the Crayola fortune, [2] following their honeymoon in 1912. [3] They named the estate "Pinelyn." At the time it was the third most expensive home constructed in Bend, Oregon in 1911–1912, at a cost of $4,000. [4]