Private company

Cary Safe Company

American safe company

The Cary Safe Company is a defunct safe company that was established and located in Buffalo, New York.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1878Founded1
  • Industrysafe1
  • HeadquartersNew York City1
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Photo: Cary Safe Company (Advertisement), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Cary Safe Company is a defunct safe company that was established and located in Buffalo, New York.2

The story

Although founded in 1878, the company wasn't incorporated until 1889. Members of the old firm continued with the new company.

These members include:

The company also employed a number of traveling salesmen around the United States.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cary Safe Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

  • safe

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Products

The company manufactured and sold bank vaults, cabinets (safes), and safe deposit boxes from 1878 to 1929.

A majority of the safes sold by Cary had letters painted to the purchaser's request on the upper portion of the safe. Typically common was a customer's family name or the name of a business. Every Cary safe was built fire and burglar-proof. The company also manufactured intricate time locks and combination locks, (standard key) locks, and prison cells.

Locations

The company's headquarters, which included production and office buildings, was located in a 1.5-acre (0.61 ha), three-story building, at the corner of 250-266 Chicago Street and 217–249 Scott Street. In the 1920s a service and sales building was opened at 1200 Niagara Street.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cary Safe Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1929Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1878Founded Founded1

Sources

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