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Rochester Colonial company history timeline

1947

Gionta gladly took the opportunity and renamed the firm — which was originally established in 1947 — Rochester Colonial.

Founded in 1947, Rochester Colonial is a third-generation family owned business with over 100 employees dedicated to serving the window and door needs of Greater Rochester and beyond.

1960

In 1960 Sam Gionta purchased the company, then located on College Street, and renamed it Rochester Colonial.

1963

1963- The company moves to West Main Street and opens its first retail showroom

1967

Within three years, the business had launched its first retail showroom on West Main Street, and four years later in 1967, the company opened what would become its chief facility at 1794 Lyell Ave.

1975

1975- Rochester Colonial opens a new insulated glass manufacturing facility across Lyell Avenue.

1984

1984- Rochester Colonial enters the residential new construction market, selling wood windows to area homebuilders.

1987

1987- Rochester Colonial begins to manufacture custom-shaped wood windows.

1989

In 1989, two years after Paul officially joined the Rochester Colonial team, the firm expanded its operations to Henrietta.

1989- A second showroom opens on Jefferson Road.

1998

1998- Lyell Avenue showroom undergoes complete renovation, including new façade.

2004

2004- The Henrietta store moves further east on Jefferson Road to a spectacular new showroom in Frontier Plaza.

2013

2013- Rochester Colonial invents a new type of window that folds in and up (patent pending), sold under the trade name “FoldUp”™.

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