The Lord & Burnham company was founded in 1850 and quickly became the leading greenhouse manufacturer in North America. Most of America’s large public gardens and conservatories built in the 1920s through 1960’s were Lord & Burnham models and many still exist.

The original Lord & Burnham greenhouses were made of cypress wood, iron, steel and float glass. Today, our iconic greenhouses are made of strong, extruded aluminum frames, tempered glass, and energy-efficient technology so you can enjoy year-round gardening in a temperature-controlled greenhouse.


Our History

Frederick A. Lord and his son-in-law, William A. Burnham formed a partnership and incorporated as Lord’s Horticulture Manufacturing Company. In 1890 the name was changed to Lord & Burnham.

The use of aluminum in greenhouse engineering began in 1932 when the US Botanical Gardens in Washington, D.C. were built. However, it was not until 1955 that aluminum greenhouse framing began to replace the wooden structures. The popular Orlyt® line of American hobby greenhouses was introduced in 1939 and redesigned in 1954 with aluminum. Lord & Burnham continues to manufacture this line of classic residential greenhouses today.

Arcadia GlassHouse LLC, a greenhouse manufacturing company in Madison, Ohio, acquired the assets, engineering plans, tooling, copyrights and trademarks for all Lord & Burnham residential greenhouses in 2018. We are manufacturing the original designs with some engineering upgrades for strength and energy efficiency. Lord & Burnham, a true Amercan company lives on!