Reardon Briggs

History

In 1917 James Reardon, Anthony Briggs and Harold Briggs incorporated their hardware and farm equipment business in the Village of Millbrook, New York. The business had been established 10 years prior to incorporation when Mr. Reardon enticed the Briggs brothers, who had recently left farmning, to join the firm. Shortly thereafter the bond was further solidified by the marriage of Anthony to Mr. Reardon's daughter. The family business remained strong throughout the depression and war years, even after the death of James Reardon in 1921. Under the direction of the Briggs family, the organization was managed by two young and enthusiastic businessmen. Wilson (Bill) Howe, a nephew of the Briggs brothers, started working in the hardware store as a teenager in the late 1920's, and Robert Flanigan, an experienced farm machinery salesman, was hired in 1954.

Specialties

Our showroom, service center and warehouse facility, conveniently located in Pleasant Valley, New York at the center of Dutchess County, provides sales, parts and service of some of the top brand manufactures of tractors, lawn mowers and other outdoor power equipment.