Industry Travel goods Type of business Luggage Manufacturer | Founded 1878 | |
Products trunks, hat trunks, foot lockers, luggage. Headquarters Jacksonville, Florida, United States | ||
Founded in 1878 by Simon Seward, the Petersburg, Virginia-based Seward Trunk Co. was once the nation's largest manufacturer of steamers, trunks and luggage. In 1967, Seward was purchased by the Dayco Corporation, the former Dayton Rubber Company, of Dayton, Ohio. The company is now a unit of Mercury Luggage Co. of Jacksonville, Florida.
The former Seward luggage factory at 422-424 High Street in Petersburg is on the National Register of Historic Places and is now under renovation for residences, the first of which opened in 2006. The second phase of the project will include both residential and commercial space.
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