He was born in Cheshire, CT in 1795. His name has become synonymous with a specific style of furniture– the Hitchcock Chair. In this spot currently occupied by Riverton Self Storage, Hitchcock built a water powered mill that employed one hundred people at its height. He designed and mass produced simple, affordable and attractive chairs with a signature stenciled finish that thousands of Americans bought for their houses. A simple marker honoring this American Captain of Industry reads reads: In This Factory Lambert Hitchcock Made His Famous Hitchcock Chairs 1826 — 1840
