＂The Hyde-Murphy Company was one of the largest and most renowed specialty woodworking mills in the United States. The company was a producer of high-quality architectural millwork and constructed elegant homes, businesses, and public buildings around the country, with offices in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. The company was founded in 1901 when two families merged their business interests. ... The business survived a devastating fire, rebuilding, and prospering, and its artistic, distinctive woodwork can be seen today in the Library of Congress, the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, and the Smithsonian Institution. The Hyde-Murphy Company ceased operation in 1961＂--Back cover