A.H. CORNELL & SON - Key Persons

Alvin H. Cornell, Sr. established the company in 1954, plowing small gardens for homeowners. Then he was asked to plow an area for lawn and seed. To accomplish this, he mounted an used snowplow onto the front of his Farmall 100 Tractor and used a York Rake. This evolved over the years, Alvin Sr. and Alvin Jr. went on to grade over 2,000 home lawns. As time went on, Alvin Sr. and Alvin Jr. purchased a backhoe and started digging foundations for home additions. Subsequently, Alvin Sr. received contracts from commercial contractors and excavated the foundations for the G.E. Building in King of Prussia, Pa. and the Federal Express Building in Philadelphia, Pa.