The Church Seat Company of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was founded in 1904 by Charles F. Church. It was the first company to bring a white toilet seat to the market, using a process of forming white pyroxalin around a solid wood core. This seat achieved immediate acceptance by the public and also by the plumbing trade, where varnished oak and mahogany were in vogue. A year later, Church built another plant in a nearby woodworking town to increase manufacturing capacity. This growth helped Church to become the recognized leader in the toilet seat industry, as stated by its slogan "The Best Seat in the House." By 1930, Church had purchased a rubber stamping plant in Massachusetts to mold hard rubber seats for the commercial trade, but the outbreak of World War II caused crude rubber resources to be diverted. Church converted its presses from rubber to plastic and began molding parts for the Armed Forces. This experience catapulted Church into the plastics age. New product line... [Detail]