Haughton Fixtures

Type E

Type E is a round concave black button, made through the 1960s and into the 1970s. They are sometimes mixed with Type F or triangle call stations, and used for door open and alarm buttons on some hydraulic elevators with Type H.

Rarity Rating: 9/10

Type E buttons

Round white buttons

Often incorrectly called L-Series, this was Haughton and Schindler Haughton's standard fixture line from the mid-1960s until Schindler Haughton was folded in 1989.

There are two types of buttons in this series:

  • Type F - "Mushroom" shape (1960s-70s)

  • Type H - flat (1970s-80s)

This series was offered with four indicators:

  • Metal plate with die-cut numbers

  • Segments that look like Type H buttons

  • LCD indicators (1980s, see below)

  • Projection indicators (1980s, see below)

Rarity Rating: 6/10

Type F call buttons
Older Type H button
1970s Type H operating panel (hydraulic)
1980s Type H operating panel (hydraulic)
1980s Schindler Haughton Type H indicator

Vandal Resistant

This fixture has no confirmed name. It is a variant of Type H with metal buttons and light-up numbers. This variant was probably only produced during the Schindler Haughton era (1980s), and is extremely rare, with only a few buildings known to have ever had it.

  • 2000 Southfield Town Center, Southfield, MI

  • Liberty Center Parking Garage, Pittsburgh, PA (status unknown)

  • Boscov's, Granite Run Promenade, Media, PA (since modernized)

  • University Hospital Parking Garage, Columbia, MO (call stations only)

  • Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY (call stations only)

  • Imagination Station/Citiwalk Entrance, Toledo, OH (since removed)

Rarity Rating: 10/10

Custom VR call station
Standard Vandal Resisant operating panelphoto: upandownadventures (CC-BY-SA)
Custom variant of Vandal Resistant

Triangle call buttons

Haughton made triangular call buttons that light up green for up and red for down. These are extremely rare.

Rarity Rating: 9/10

Haughton triangle button call stationPicture by Skivator, used with permission.

Square buttons

Schindler Haughton made a prototype fixture with square buttons. These look similar to Otis Series 1 and press like Type H. There is only one known full installation remaining.

  • Citiwalk, Toledo, OH

  • Renaissance Hotel, Toledo, OH (call stations only)

Rarity Rating: 10/10

Square button operating panel
Square button call station

Digital indicators

During the Schindler Haughton era, some elevators with Type H buttons had digital indicators. They are 7-segment negative mode LCD displays, in green, blue, or purple. These indicators are very rare, and are thought to have been made by CE Electronics.

Purple LCD indicator
Green LCD indciator, displaying "X" to denote an express zone
White-on-blue LCD indicator, with an uncommon arrow shape

Projection indicator

Schindler Haughton also offered a projection indicator similar to Otis's IEE indicator. This indicator was used with Type H buttons and is very rare.

Schindler Haughton projection indicator

Lanterns

These may have been made by CJ Anderson for Haughton.

1960s Haughton lantern
1980s Schindler Haughton lantern