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FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FOR OVER 20 YEARS
JAMESTOWN GLASS INC
7946 W. Oakton St
Niles, IL 60714
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(847) 698-8500
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"Jamestown Glass & Mirror has been providing Chicagoland with glass and mirrors since 2002. Our reputation has been built on offering superior workmanship, quality materials, and exceptional value."
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Jamestown Glass & Mirror
Welcome to Jamestown Glass & Mirror your premiere destination for all things related to glass and mirrors for your home and office. We deal all kinds of custom glass and mirror projects that include glass doors, partitions, cubicles, stairs, railings and all kinds of mirror installations. No matter what you are looking for, we have a service that will suit your needs.
We provide you with extremely high quality glass that has both excellent optical properties and high durability. If you are looking for the very best in everything for your home, you are should definitely have the very best glass for your doors, windows, shower and more. From plain plate glass to safety glass and architectural glass we supply, install and maintain all kinds of glass.
For commercial areas we have done a variety of work including store fronts of various kinds, office facades, office interior portioning, boardroom, cubicles, chambers and more. We also do custom bars for restaurants and standalone establishments. If you have an idea that requires creative use of glass in structural and aesthetic capacities, you have come to the right place. Our expert fabricators and installation specialists will make sure your creative vision comes to a great looking reality that is both stable and secure.
Mirrors can be a very useful and important part of your establishment or your home. They create an illusion of space where there isn't any and they are also great for illuminating a space. We are known for our great custom mirror installations at both residential and commercial areas. We provide some of the best quality mirrors in the business for all our projects.
Want to know more about our services? Call us now and get a free, no obligations estimate from our experts. You can also email us using the contact form on this website.
ORIGIN OF THE COMPANY NAME
Originally constructed in 1608, the Jamestown Glasshouse preceded the arrival of the first glassblowers to the city, the Germans and the Poles. Near where the current exhibit is located small furnaces were built. A small team of glassblowers and laborers both chopped down hardwood trees for fuel (which could take up to two weeks at 2,300 degrees) and collected the ingredients, including ash, sand, crushed oyster shells, and burned seaweed. It is believed that because so much time was required for prep work, actual glassblowing probably only occurred for about five or six days a month.
While successful in sending samples of their glassware to England, their operation did not likely survive the Starving Time, in which the colony's population dwindled from 500 to 60. Between 1621 and 1622, there were four glassblowers from Italy and two assistants to help make attempts. It wasn't successful due to various reasons such as the bad weather, the Indian massacre of 1622, sickness, and emigration. Historians believe that the furnace stopped working in 1624.