Canterbury Designs

Canterbury Designs began when founder Larry Snyder received a commission for a cast iron ornamental clock in 1962. Designers and developers asked him to create site furniture for the shopping malls that began opening across southern California in the '70s and '80s.

At age 85, Larry sold Canterbury Designs to The Verdin Company, a company with a 175-year history of manufacturing outdoor clocks, bell towers and other amenities.