G H Bent Company Factory
- Also Known As: Bent's Cookie Factory
- Address: 7 Pleasant St
- Vicinity: Randolph Ave
- Phone: (617) 698-5945
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1801/00/00 | Josiah Bent | Baker | Josiah Bent begins baking and selling 'shipbiscuits' in Milton, Massachusetts. | Hardtack | ||
1830/00/00 | Deacon Samuel Adams | Work | Josiah Bent sells his bakery business to his son-in-law, Deacon Samuel Adams, and his son Samuel T Bent. | |||
1837/00/00 | Deacon Samuel Adams | Work | From 1837 to 1871, Deacon Adams begins operating his bakery as a sole proprietor. | |||
1871/00/00 | Deacon Adams leases the business to Samuel T Bent, Horatio Webster, John A Shaw, George A Fletcher and William H Balcom. | |||||
1879/00/00 | George A Webster and Granville J Young inherit "Josiah Bent Bakery" from Deacon Adams. | |||||
1889/00/00 | William H Moore, financier | Owner | William H Moore establishes the "New York Biscuit Company" by acquiring "Pearson and Sons Bakery", "Josiah Bent Bakery" and six other bakeries. The business in Milton, MA, continues as "Bent and Co". | |||
1891/00/00 | George H Bent, the grandson of Josiah Bent, erects the current Bent's cookie building at 7 Pleasant Street. The storefront is located on the street level while baking operations occur on the top two levels of the factory. | |||||
1892/06/00 | George H Bent, son of Samuel T, after many years service with Bent and Co, begins the manufacture of the G H Bent and Co water cracker. |
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Military Event | American Civil War |
Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Eatery Category | Goodies |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Food attribute | Historical Food |
Area of Significance | Industry |
Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Specialty Store |
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