1855
Henry Adam Fischer born in New York City, son of Bavarian immigrants who worked in tile and marble.
1885
H.A. marries Mary Prince and settles in Altaville, California, a small town near Stockton, and continues his work as tile setter both there and in Reno, Nevada.
1886
Henry Prince Fischer born in Altaville.
Early 1900s
H.A. Fischer was installing marble and tile in both Reno, Nevada and in the Stockton area.
1906
Fischer Tile & Marble established in Stockton by 20-year old Henry P. Fischer Sr.
1923
H. P. Fischer family moves to Sacramento and opens third location at 7th and J Streets. H.A. Fischer remains at Stockton branch until his death in 1937.
1929
Henry Jr. enters high school and begins working part-time in the warehouse at his father’s company.
1944
Henry Sr. dies and his son, better known as Harry, takes over the business.
1945
Harry Fischer petitions War Production Board for permission to expand, based on meeting wartime building requirements of local military installations.
1946
Fischer constructs new building at 2215 J Street.
1953
H.O. Adams Tile Company sells out to Fischer, which moves into its building at 2311 S Street. Yancy & Company remain as tenants at rent of $75 per month.
1954
Reno shop closed.
1964
Fischer closes offices in Stockton after death of long-time manager Charles Rich and begins operating exclusively out of Sacramento.
1967
Harry Fischer receives first “contractor of the year” award from the Western States Ceramic Tile Contractors’ Association; he also becomes founding director for Ceramic Tile Institute of Sacramento.
1970
Harry’s eldest son Jay begins full-time work with the company, after 12 years of part-time work during high school and college.
1972
Deary family sells its Hires bottling building at 21st and S Streets to Fischer, which begins fabricating DuPont Corian at the location.
1982
California State Capitol restoration project wins Fischer national acclaim, especially for the replication, re-fabrication and installation of the historic Minton tile in the Rotunda.
1984
Ceramic Tile Institute awards Fischer Tile & Marble the residential and commercial project of the year awards, the only time any company has won both awards in a single year.
1986
Henderson Auto Parts sells its building at 1806 23rd Street to Fischer; the site allows Jay Fischer to begin fabricating stone again after a 20-year hiatus.
1990
Harry Fischer retires; his eldest son Jay takes over as president.
1991
Jay Fischer becomes president of the National Tile Contractors Association.
1994
Jay Fischer launches operations in Hawaii, with a division headed by his younger brother Gary.
1995
Harry Fischer dies, leaving two sons, a daughter and two grandchildren.
1998
Fischer wins both residential and commercial project of the year awards from Tile Contractors Association of America (TCAA).
1999
Corian and commercial operations expand into recently-purchased Carl Fiedler Lowe Building at 2229 S Street. Jay Fischer begins four-year term on the Board of Directors of TCCA.
2001
Former Dreyer Ice Cream Plant building in Canon Industrial Park becomes site of Fischer’s growing granite operation.
2003
Jay Fischer expands the company’s stone operation by purchasing the old Pureta sausage factory building at 1809 23rd Street.
2006
For the second time Fischer wins both residential and commercial project of the year awards from TCAA.
2016
Sacramento Business Journal names Fischer Tile & Marble the oldest family-owned business in Sacramento.