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U.S. Elevator Corp. (or United States Elevator) was an American elevator company owned by Cubic Corporation.

History

The company was founded in 1967.

U.S. Elevator Corporation was acquired by Cubic Corporation in 1970. U.S. Elevator Corporation was possibly the first North American company to make a microprocessor controlled elevator. In 1986, U.S. acquired Central Elevator Co. In 1994, Cubic Corporation was negotiating to sell U.S. Elevator Corp. to Thyssen. Cubic Corporation, the corporation that owned U.S. Elevator Corp., "exited the elevator manufacturing business" in 1993, and Thyssen sold most of their elevators in the United States under U.S. Elevator Corp., with the same designs as previously used. In Canada, some Thyssen branded elevators also use the U.S. designs. In 1999, the U.S. elevator name was completely phased out.

Elevator fixtures

Further information: List of U.S. Elevator Corp. elevator fixtures

The late U.S. elevators are the Soft Touch models. These were made from 1989 to 1999. The Soft Touch U.S. elevators are mostly found in California in locations such as Casa Palmero Pebble Beach, Silver Oak Elementary School San Jose and Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego. Since these fixtures had the red halo lights around the fixtures, like ThyssenKrupp's Auroras, a lot of elevator fanatics thought that these models may have been made with Thyssen.

Distributors

List of U.S. distributors in the United States
Company State(s) served
Offermann Elevator Co. New York
Baxter & Sons Elevator Co. Texas
Tejas Elevator Co. Texas
Kimball Elevator Co. Utah
R&O Elevator Co. Minnesota
Lawrence Elevator Co. Maine

Notable installations

Arizona

  • Williams Center, Tucson, AZ
  • Plaza Centro Parking Garage, Tucson, AZ
  • Life Sciences South, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Old Main Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Urban Outfitters, Tempe, AZ
  • Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix, AZ
  • Wrigley Mansion, Phoenix, AZ

California

  • Casa Palmero, Pebble Beach, CA
  • California State University, Dominguez Hills Natural Sciences & Mathematics Building, Carson, CA
  • Tony Gwynn Stadium, San Diego, CA
  • Silver Oak Elementary School, San Jose, CA
  • Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
  • Hilton Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, CA, United States (modernized by Mitsubishi with Mitsubishi DOAS in 2017)
  • JCPenney Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center, Hawthorne, CA (inactive and abandoned since 1998)
  • Montgomery Ward Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center, Hawthorne, CA

Illinois

  • 800 Austin Street (West Tower) Evanston, IL (modernized by generic in the mid 2000s)
  • Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL
  • Congress Plaza Hotel (South Tower), Chicago, IL (modernization of vintage elevators made by Chicago Elevator Company)
  • Sheraton Suites, Elk Grove, IL
  • Park Place Shopping Center, Schaumburg, IL (1978)
  • Hyatt Place, Itasca, IL (1996)
  • Hyatt Place, Lombard, IL (1999)
  • Hyatt Place, Hoffman Estates, (1997)
  • Motorola Building 5, Schaumburg, IL (demolished)
  • The Landings, Des Plaines, IL

Texas

  • Moreno Elementary School, El Paso, TX
  • Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX
  • Irving Community Hospital, Irving, TX

Virginia

  • Landmark Mall Parking Deck, Alexandria, VA
  • Elmwood Park Garage, Roanoke, VA (modernized by ThyssenKrupp in 2015)
  • Allied Arts Building, Lynchburg, VA
  • City Hall, Lynchburg, VA
  • Neiman Marcus Tysons Galleria, Tysons VA
  • Tysons Office Center, Tysons VA

Other states

  • Various Washington DC Metrorail (WMATA) stations - Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia. Many of these elevators have been modernized or replaced. Notable installations on the system include:
    • Grosvenor Strathmore Station (Red Line - Bethesda, MD) — Installed circa 1984, modernized 2022.
    • Navy Yard-Ballpark Station (Green Line - Washington D.C.) — Elevator between platform and mezzanine (M street exit), Installed circa 1991.
    • Mt. Vernon Square 7th St-Convention Center Station (Green and Yellow Lines - Washington D.C.) — Elevator between platform and mezzanine (elevator #4), Installed circa 1991, slated to be modernized within next few years.
    • Union Station (Red Line - Washington D.C.) — Elevator between mezzanine and street, Installed circa 1976.
    • Dupont Circle (Red Line - Washington D.C.) — Elevator between mezzanine and street, Installed circa 1977.
  • Best Western Atlanta Airport, Hapeville, GA
  • Balmoral Plaza at 443 N. Ballas Rd, St. Louis, MO
  • Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, St. Louis, MO
  • Country Inn & Suites, Asheville, NC
  • Theater Building - UPRH - Humacao, PR
  • 311 State St, Salt Lake City, UT (1979, installed as Kimball elevators)
  • Park Place Mall, Estes Park, CO (1985, modernized in 2020 by Marshden Elevator Company)

Former installations

  • The Stanley Hotel - The Lodge, Estes Park, CO (1997, modernized in 2015 and removed in 2019)
  • May Company - Westminster Mall, Westminster, CA (1974, removed in 1998 during its time as Robinson's-May)
  • Rosslyn Metro Station - Rosslyn, VA (1977, removed in 2013 following installation of new elevator entrance to station)

Gallery

Video

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US Hydraulic Elevator @ Tony Gwynn Stadium SDSU, San Diego, CA

U.S. hydraulic elevator (with Soft Touch fixtures) at Tony Gwynn Stadium SDSU in San Diego, CA

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