Company
History
Capital
Sheet Metal Works began as a sole proprietorship by Albert
Pagni in 1945. The business was located in an alley on I
Street between 17th and 18th streets in downtown Sacramento.
The primary work provided at the time was heating and ventilation.
In mid 1951 the
company began its specialization in stainless steel. Capital
Sheet Metal Works fabricated most of the stainless steel
kitchens in the Sacramento School System. The kitchen at
Sutter Memorial Hospital was an award winning design by
John Woodard, an employee and future owner of Capital Sheet
Metal Works. Capital also did the kitchens for Sam Gordon.
These restaurants include Sam’s Hof Brau and Stagecoach
Inn.
Capital Sheet
Metal Works relocated to 2nd and P streets in 1955 and continued
in that location until May 1970 when the plant moved to
its present site at 500 North 16th Street.
John Woodard
bought Capital Sheet Metal Works from Albert Pagni in August
1962. He ran the company as a sole proprietorship until
his death in December of the same year. Anne Woodard, John’s
widow, sold Capital Sheet Metal Works to Kenneth Hammill
of Oakland in August 1963. Anne continued to work for Hammill
until she remarried in 1965.
In 1963 Hammill
dropped the word “Works” from Capital Sheet
Metal Works and the company has continued under that name
since that time.
Capital Sheet
Metal became a limited partnership in 1965. In November
1972 the partnership was dissolved and in January 1973 Capital
Sheet Metal filed articles of incorporation, which were
endorsed in February 1973. Currently, Kenneth Hammill Jr.
is running Capital Sheet Metal after the passing of his
father in 1995.
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