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Hagerstown, Maryland · Serving the Tri-State

Kitchen to rooftop. One contractor. Since 1932.

Commercial HVAC, commercial refrigeration, and food service equipment, designed, built, and serviced by one company, with our own sheet metal shop behind every job.

Established
1932 · 94 years in Hagerstown
Dealer tenure
Longest-tenured York® dealer in the world
Fabrication
Sheet metal made in our own shop
One roof
HVAC + refrigeration + food service
What we do

The whole mechanical stack of a commercial building.

Most buildings need three contractors for what we do under one roof. One call, one accountable partner, from the walk-in cooler to the rooftop unit.

Our story

Four generations of mechanical know-how.

Companies don't reach 94 years by accident. They do it by showing up, doing the work right, and standing behind it.

1909

Maurice S. Johnston starts out on a horse-drawn milk wagon and teaches himself to repair the earliest refrigeration equipment.

1932

M.S. opens his own refrigeration business from his basement on Mulberry Avenue in Hagerstown.

1942

The company moves to its Pennsylvania Avenue campus, where both divisions still operate today.

Today

A full mechanical contractor: HVAC, refrigeration, food service equipment, and an in-house fabrication shop serving the Tri-State.

York dealer emblem
The longest-tenured York® dealer in the world.
In a trade where contractors come and go mid-warranty, tenure is the trust signal that can't be bought. Ours is measured in generations.
Read the full 94-year story →
Recent projects

Work you can walk into.

From big-box retail to boutique hospitality, the proof is running quietly behind the walls of businesses across the region.

General contractors

Bid-ready, engineering-led, and one sub covers three scopes. Our in-house fab shop keeps your schedule ours to control, not a vendor's.

Owners & operators

Service and preventive maintenance for the systems your business lives on, from the people who understand how they were built.

Walk-in customers

The Home Chef Store puts commercial-grade equipment and supplies within reach, no contractor's license required.

Contact

Tell us about the job.

Call the division you need, or send the form and we'll route it to the right people.

HVAC Division
13261 Pennsylvania Avenue
Hagerstown, MD 21742
301-733-1066
Food Service Division
13265 Pennsylvania Avenue
Hagerstown, MD 21742
301-733-1075
Received. In the production build, this instantly texts you a confirmation and routes to the right division on the right schedule, never to a single inbox.
Concept form. On the live site this connects to the new intake system with instant text-back and after-hours routing.