03/31/2023
April 1, 2023 will mark the 70th anniversary of our family business. Our company founder, my father, Marty Glavin bought a locksmith company located at 529 ½ North Clark Street here in Chicago. It was called the Key Shop and his first day in business was April 1, 1953. We don’t have any photos of the inside of this shop, but we don’t think it would have been very big with a ½ in the address.
Pat and Tom Glavin bought the company from Marty in 1978. At this time the business was called MJ Glavin Locksmith and was located at 617 N State. Now our business name is Glavin Security Specialists, and we’re located at 1010 West Jackson. We’ve been at this location since 1991.
Glavin provides Electronic Access Control Systems, Security Camera Systems, Key Systems, Door Systems (which is a fancy way of saying doors, door frames and door hardware: locks, door closers, hinges, protective plates and so forth). We also provide Locksmith Training for maintenance and engineers.
We want to thank all our customers who have been more than just clients to us but friends and business family for all these years.
Thank you all and we hope to serve you for many more years to come.
Tom & Pat Glavin
