Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1930
Today we have a photo of an ornament on the Pierce Mill at the Baker Chocolate factory.
The following is from: http://www.bostonhistory.org/sub/bakerschocolate/SWEET_HISTORY_2005.pdf
Built: 1872 – Original
Designed by: Bradlee and Winslow
Named for: Henry Lillie Pierce, fifth owner of Baker’s
Style: Second Empire
Construction: Three-story, brick, mansard roof
Henry Pierce built the Pierce Mill (also called the Main Building or Mill No. 4) to expand all areas of production. This massive building, with its 20-inch-thick brick walls, originally included a basement to cool and pack chocolate, a floor for cocoa mixing and preparation, a packaging and storage area, a shipping office, and the large tower that housed Henry Pierce’s office. Directly behind the Pierce Mill stood the Steam Mill (sometimes called the Boiler House). The five-story, brick Steam mill, completed in 1868, housed the first steam engine used at Baker’s. Up until this new invention, mills relied on the power harnessed from water wheels.
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