This is my cook stove. It is an antique from about 1899, designed to burn wood or coal. It was make by ‘Atlanta Stoveworks’ in Atlanta, GA. I bought the stove for $350 when I was 15 years old, at an estate sale.
My Granny actually found it first – she was at the sale and called to say she had found ‘my’ stove – since my name was written right across the door! Once I saw it I just fell in love with it. It sat on our back porch for about seven years, we cooked on it occasionally, even did some canning one summer. I did dream of using it for everyday in my own home in the future. (of course I thought I would never be able to find a guy who would want to live old fashioned enough to have a wood cookstove in the house!) Well – I did find that guy – or he found me, or something. At any rate – I was actually going to be able to use my beloved little stove!
Before the wedding, when we were moving all of my belongings up from Texas, Jordan did some cleaning up on the body of the stove – it was covered in old rust, dirt, and thick paint (the wrong kind). He ground all of it off to make it useable. We used it in that condition, clean but bare, and sans warming oven for the first two years in our house.
I had been anxious to get it restored and looking ‘pretty’. It cooked just fine – but I think all you ladies will agree with me that its much better for morale too cook on something cute as well as utilitarian? Anyhow – this spring Jordan finished the restoration project, and I couldn’t be happier with it! He cleaned and brushed every part – and then took apart and painted everything with high-heat black satin paint.
The before pictures:
The original warming oven brackets had been broken and then patched at some point, so Jordan hand-forged some pretty new scrolls to take their place! The white enamel doors on the warming shelf had gotten damaged as well. We may some day replace it with new enamel – but for now we decided to just paint them with white gloss, which turned out looking great.
Jordan painted everything but the stove top. This he polished with stove black. We will have to re-black it from time to time.
And – the finished piece! I’m so, so happy to finally have my little stove in my kitchen as I’ve been envisioning it for so long!
Don’t those scrolls look nice?
I’ve been using my handy warming oven to make yogurt. It makes a great place for bread to rise, too!
I feel quite fancy cooking on such a pretty piece!
I’m so proud of Jordan for doing such a beautiful job.
it all looks so new and fresh. Especially love the picture of the scrolls with Marian’s darling self in the background. :)
VERY cool! I love it!
I love your new scrolls! They are so cute :) Say hi to Marian and Alan for me Atlanta.
Love,
Carolina
Why it just looks fantastic! So shiny and pretty. I agree it’s definitely good for morale to cook/live/work in and on things that look nice. :D Congratulations!
Amy
help, i have an atlanta cookstove very much like yours, and I need stove top parts, do you have any idea where I can find some or repair what I have ? thanks!
I have an atlanta wood cookstove much like yours, and need parts for it, do you have any idea where to get parts, or make repairs on the stovetop ? thanks!
we have one like this as well and are in need of some parts. Any idea where to obtain them.
Your stove is lovely. thanks for sharing.
Try contacting Don Hyman at Wimzees@cox.net
Hi Cheral, I finally found the contact info for someone who said they had stove parts for the Atlanta stoves – contact Don Hyman at Wimzees@cox.net
I have a cook stove that is identical to your’s it even has the number 15-36a on top of the stove. It belong to my mom and when she passed away i did not want to leave it in her house when we sold it.
That is so neat! Do you have any history on the stove before your Mom had it? do you use it for cooking?
Stove looks great. I have the same one that I just purchased. Mine like yours, was also missing some parts. In have tried several companies out there with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thank ou.
Ralph .P
I have the EXACT SAME STOVE!!! I am in the process of restoring it at this writing! My Grandfather bought it new in the early 1900’s!
I also had a stove identical to yours, with the exception of the scroll. Mine had the standard supports on the sides to support the warming oven. I used it more than my new Oval cookstove by Heartland Stoves and honestly think the Marco Pride cooked better! I kept it in my summer kitchen, and the Oval was in the kitchen of our solar home. I spent more time in the summer kitchen cooking meals and canning. The expensive Oval only got used during the coldest of days. Unfortunately I lost my beloved stove in a tornado. It was shattered. I would like to someday own another. Cooking on wood was the best!