According to fuzzy memory and the even less clear dinner time stories, this continuation of a family firm began in Connemara, Ireland some 300 years ago. The family then immigrated to America, where Kenneth Lynch was born in New Haven, Connecticut. Here he grew up and learned the rougher part of his trade in East Orange, New Jersey. From there he went to the U.S. Army (at the time it was still considered the Cavalry). After his discharge from the service, he left for Europe to finish his apprenticeship in ornamental ironwork.

Kenneth Lynch carried on the torch of past ironwork craftsmen first in a shop in Manhattan, and then another in Long Island City, New York. Later, in 1938, he moved the business to Wilton, Connecticut. Metal work was the only true ornamental work done by Kenneth Lynch in those days. The firm was then involved with many famous projects and people including the 1939 New York World’s Fair, the great metalworker Samuel Yellin, sculptor Paul Manship, and others.

During the war years of 1941 through 1946, the business was closed. When the business reopened in 1946, the metal work continued. Adding to this, the company received some significant government contracts which helped to propel the company back into the marketplace.

By the 1950’s, the company was slowly developing into a national mail order business from that of only a local manufacturer. Cast Stone was slowly added to the company’s growing list of specialties over the next fifteen years. The first Mail Order Catalog appeared in print in 1950, it was updated in 1954, 1961, then again in 1966 where the catalog catapulted the firm to nationwide recognition as the best of the best. Our catalogs that followed have been continually updated with newer designs and products, and are still in use today.

In 1968, Timothy Lynch, the son of Kenneth Lynch, finished college and began a four year tour of sea duty in the Merchant Marine. After his return in 1972, Timothy Lynch began an eleven year apprenticeship; learning first-hand the craftsmanship and excellence required to create fine quality work. Then, in January of 1988, Timothy Lynch purchased the company and became the current Owner and President of Kenneth Lynch & Sons.

Timothy, while watching over his father’s declining health and eventual passing, consolidated the physical size of the company in order to improve operational efficiency. This included, in December of 1988, the move of the offices, bench, weathervane, sundial, and lead departments to its location at 84 Danbury Rd. in Wilton, Connecticut.

Not enough can be said of the quality, craftsmanship, and integrity Kenneth Lynch & Sons continues to create for its clients here and around the world. Some of the more recent important projects have been:

• In Syracuse, New York - ten foot diameter sundial

• Old Orchard Mall, Skokie, Illinois - major fountains and sculpture

• Wakayama, Japan - a Bronze and Copper Fountain

• And the ongoing supply of benches to the City of New York Department of Parks.

In 1995 Maria, the second oldest of Timothy’s four daughters, joined the company full time.  In 2001 Maria’s husband Derrick Dumoulin joined the company as well.  With the key personnel in  place and manufacturing space growing tighter it was time to find a new home for the business.   After several years of light hearted searching, they located a parcel of land in an industrial park in Oxford, CT. The construction of a 36,300 square foot building was completed in January of 2007.

The tradition of fine craftsmanship will continue with the guidance of Timothy and the attention to each client that is given by Maria as the main customer contact.