In 1884, John Willison Danforth founded a residential and commercial heating company in Buffalo, New York. During the First World War, his company served as the general contractor to the U.S. Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, and during WWII, the company contributed to the war effort by constructing aircraft-manufacturing plants.
Since then, the John W. Danforth Co. has continued to grow into new areas and fields; currently, it has facilities in the Buffalo, Rochester, Albany and Syracuse, New York, areas and provides a wide variety of services related to commercial and industrial plumbing, HVACR, testing and balancing, installation, and maintenance.