National Register of Historic Places

Reymer Brothers Candy Factory

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Listed
May 29, 1997
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
97000514

About this property

The Reymer Brothers Candy Factory (also known as the Forbes Pride Building, or Forbes Med-Tech Center) is located in the Bluff neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1906, it was designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Reymer and Anderson was one of the first confectionaries in Pittsburgh; it boomed during the American Civil War when people sent candy to soldiers, and prospered during the last half of the nineteenth century as Phillip Reymer's sons, Jacob and Harmer, took over the business. By 1906, when the new factory was built, the Reymer family had left the business but their name lived on. In 1908, the firm claimed that it was "one of the largest confectionery houses in the world," and that it had 5,000 vendors in the Pittsburgh area. The firm ran five teahouses in Pittsburgh, which may have contributed to a perception that the firm made quality products but was unprofitable. An uncarbonated soft drink, "Lemon Blennd," accounted for seventy percent of its sales in 1959. The company was taken over in 1959 by a competitor, Dimling's, which went out of business in 1969. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Location

1425 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
40.43793, -79.98533

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When was Reymer Brothers Candy Factory listed on the National Register?

Reymer Brothers Candy Factory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1997.

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