The History of Air Conditioning in the United States

The first person in the United States to write down some thoughts for creating a large-scale way to cool places was John Gorey. In 1842 he wrote about wanting to use mechanical condensation to quote, counteract the evils of high temperature and improve the condition of our cities. By 1880 people were using fans and ice together to try to cool buildings on a much larger scale. A few businesses did try to put central station refrigeration to use basically as air conditioning for people's comfort though.