James N. Leitch Company
Established in 1895.
The firm of James N. Leitch had been established in 1895 to
produce millwork and carriage bodies in the white for some of Amesbury’s
larger carriage manufacturers.
Leitch decided to go into business for himself and along with a partner, James F. Irving, established the James N. Leitch Company in order to manufacture carriage millwork. Leitch also designed a number of novel convertible carriage bodies offered them in-the-white to a number of larger Amesbury builders.
Leitch’s Cedar St. plant was severely damaged by a 1913 fire that destroyed most of their stock of dried lumber and the firm appears to have vanished from the Amesbury scene at the same time.
A single known Leitch-built automobile body is known to exist, a dark blue touring car that graces a 1913 Locomobile that took part in some early Glidden Tour revivals.
(source: Coachbuilt)
©2004 Mark Theobald - All rights reserved.
James N. Leitch Company logo.
Leitch was a British-born engineer who had worked for the
long-established Amesbury firm of Ellis & Son. Originally founded in
1867 as Huntington & Ellis.Leitch decided to go into business for himself and along with a partner, James F. Irving, established the James N. Leitch Company in order to manufacture carriage millwork. Leitch also designed a number of novel convertible carriage bodies offered them in-the-white to a number of larger Amesbury builders.
Leitch’s Cedar St. plant was severely damaged by a 1913 fire that destroyed most of their stock of dried lumber and the firm appears to have vanished from the Amesbury scene at the same time.
A single known Leitch-built automobile body is known to exist, a dark blue touring car that graces a 1913 Locomobile that took part in some early Glidden Tour revivals.
(source: Coachbuilt)
©2004 Mark Theobald - All rights reserved.
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