Company History

1855 - Julius Andrae emigrates at the age of 26 from Meissen, Germany. 1860 - Andrae opens an iron working, blacksmith and locksmith shop at 225 W. Water St. which is now W. Plankington Ave. near W. Wisconsin ave.
1880 - While manufacturing mechanical bell pulls as well as locks Julius wonders why not an electric bell. So he sent his son Herman, then 21, to New York, Philadelphia, and Savannah to learn about the new electrical wonders. 1890 - Julius Andrae & sons installs an electric dynamo to serve as a private power system for the Layton Packing Company.
1897 - Andrae introduced the first incandescent light to Milwaukee. 1917 - Julius Andrae dies at the age of 88. 1924 - Frank Theodore (Terry) Andrae, President of Julius Andrae & Sons, purchases 92 acres of lake shore from a retired fisherman.
1926 - Herman Andrae removes electric dynamo originally install in 1890. 1927 - Henriette Andrae donates all 122 acres of "pine dunes" lakeshore property to the State of Wisconsin after her husbands death. 1929 - Julius Andrae & Sons Company, the electrical supply house, is sold to Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., and renamed Westinghouse Electrical Supply Co. Todays WESCO. Herman Andrae moves the contracting business to the current location at 2110 W. Clybourn
1930's - George Andrae is appointed as one of the National Electrical Contractor Association (NECA) representatives to the National Fire Prevention Association. 1937 - George Andrae becomes president of Andrae Electric.
1960 - Robert Wittenberg becomes president of Andrae Electric. 1966 - Joseph Loftus begins his employment with Dietz Electric. 1971 - Joseph Loftus purchases Terminal Electric Co.
1989 - Andrae Electric is purchased and merges with Terminal Electric. J Patrick Loftus becomes the president of Terminal-Andrae Electric. 2006 - Joseph P. Loftus, chairman of the board, of Terminal-Andrae dies after a battle with cancer at the age of 73. 2007 - Terminal-Andrae purchases McIver Electric and continues to build the customer service department.

Company History

Our New Building

Our new building centrally located in growing Milwaukee. In addition to hundreds of old and new houses we have wired thousands of "trouble shooting"calls we have made to give our customers service, we have wired many residences, public buildings, and industrial buildings.