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Clayton Homes was founded in 1956 by Jim Clayton. [9] [10] The business began by refurbishing and reselling used mobile homes.[11] [12] In 1966, Jim Clayton opened a Clayton Homes store location in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Clinton Highway. [13]
James L. Clayton Sr. (born March 2, 1934) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He founded Clayton Homes in 1966 and built it into the United States' largest producer and seller of manufactured housing, a formerly publicly traded company that was sold to Berkshire Hathaway in 2003 for $1.7 billion.
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Champion Homes was founded in 1953 as a single manufacturing facility in the small town of Dryden in rural Michigan by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George. [4]In 2005, Champion was the first manufacturer to build privatized modular housing for the military.
The Fricks moved to New York City in 1905, where they eventually established the Frick Collection, but in 1981 daughter Helen Clay Frick returned to Clayton, where she had previously spent part of each year, and remained there permanently until her death in 1984. Clayton opened to the public in 1990, and in 1997 the 1950s carriage house was ...
Sold to Sunny Delight: Frusen Gladje: Dairy North America 1993 Sold to Unilever: Golden Crown Margarine: United Kingdom Discontinued Koogle: Peanut butter: North America Discontinued Kraft Eating Right frozen entrees: North America Discontinued Kraft Foodservice Foodservice Global 1995 Sold to Clayton, Dubilier and Rice Inc. Kraft Ramek Cream ...
St. Joseph's Industrial School is a historic former Black Catholic school and historic district in Clayton, Kent County, Delaware. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
The Henry D. Clayton House is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) from Clayton on a remnant of the former 1,000-acre (400 ha) Clayton Plantation. It is accessed via the original plantation drive, extending south from SR 30 at Clayton Street. The house is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior ...