HISTORY
   
At 17 years of age Fred Hathaway left Ohio to work with his Uncle in San Diego, who taught him how to lath. He then went to work for LA Lath as a project manager. In 1940, Fred moved to the Coachella Valley to open a Palm Springs branch of LA Lath. He brought with him several years of experience and a reputation of being "firm but fair". In 1952, he started working for Desert Construction, which was a company that he founded in the late forties. During his lathing and contracting years he completed such projects as the Palomar Observatory, Palm Springs Airport, and Desert Hospital. His high standard of business ethics were simple, treat everyone honestly and fairly, with integrity and to provide quality service to all of his customers.

During his contracting years in Palm Springs, many of Fred’s fellow contractors would borrow or buy his materials for their construction projects. This continued until the day came when Fred realized that he was supplying quite a few contractors and sometimes their whole project with materials. This gave Fred an idea, and in April of 1968 Desert Construction became Hathaway & Sons, Inc., a building materials yard.
In 1947 Fred married and had three sons. He hoped, that one day, one of his sons, would take over running the family business. With this in mind, he taught them about the construction trade, what kind of materials that Hathaway’s sold and the application of those materials. Fred felt that this knowledge would help his sons to carry on the tradition of excellence at Hathaway & Sons.

In 1981, Allen Hathaway, the youngest son, took over the reins of managing the family business. Since Allen had worked with his father for many years, he was able to quickly develop his own relationships with suppliers and customers. Allen had a vision for Hathaway’s: Move to a central location, a larger facility where customers would have easy access, and more yard space for loading and unloading materials. In May of 1996, after 51 years in Palm Springs, Hathaway & Sons moved to the city of Palm Desert, where we are currently located.

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