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===Headquarters===
The Chase Headquarters Building in [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], is on Grand Street across from the city hall. It is now occupied by the city of Waterbury’s offices. Chase Brass commissioned well-known architect [[Cass Gilbert]] to design it in 1916, across from his recently completed Waterbury city hall. Henry Chase, the company president, specifically requested that the headquarters be designed to contrast with the style of the city hall, resulting in a design which shunned colonial marble and brick. The company sold the building to preservationists in 1963 for one dollar, who in turn sold it to the city of Waterbury to be used as city offices, a function it still serves today. It is now known as the Chase Municipal Building and is part of [[Waterbury Municipal Center Complex|Waterbury's Cass Gilbert Historical District]].
===Local influence===
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A former plant site in Waterbury has been designated as a [[Superfund]] Clean-up
site.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030423043050/http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
===Wartime===
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Chase entered the consumer market with a line of chrome [[Art Deco]] household items in the 1930s, created by leading designers of the day such as [[Russel Wright]], [[Rockwell Kent]] and Walter VonNessen. They were usually signed with the distinctive company logo of a centaur drawing a bow.<ref>On October 6, 1928, the Chase centaur trademark was announced in the Saturday Evening Post. Rodney Chase and the company cartoonist, F.G. Cooper settled on the figure that was half-man and half-horse because it was masculine, virile, aggressive, picturesque and most of all difficult for most people to describe readily. Therefore, the tendency would be for people to talk about it as the "CHASE mark," rather than trying to think what the word is to describe the mark. The centaur is synonymous with Chase Brass. This mark can be found on specialty deco items throughout history. www.chasebrass.com [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/14352/Chase_Brass__and__Copper_Co._Inc. Brooklyn Museum: Chase Brass & Copper Co., Inc<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/13/nyregion/connecticut-guide-424617.html?scp=34&sq=chase%20brass&st=nyt&pagewanted=2 CONNECTICUT GUIDE – Page 2 – New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> These items are sought after today as collectibles.
Chase discontinued this line in the early '40s, when it turned its attention to wartime production. Chase production of their 'Specialty' items lasted only 12 years, but during that time they issued over 500 items, and 500 more lamps and lighting fixtures.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlJb23UyAnYC
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