William Frederick Schrafft was the founder of the W.F.Schrafft Candy Company. He married Wilhelmine Betz in 1857. They had five children together.
" Founded in 1861 by W.F. Schrafft, the company enjoyed explosive growth during Boston's candy boom. In 1928, Schrafft's built the nation's largest candy factory, in Charlestown, a 900,000-square-foot behemoth that housed 1500 employees. (The building, with its giant clock tower and red sign visible from I-93, is now an office complex.) The Schrafft name became synonymous with boxed chocolates, and the empire grew to include ice cream and a chain of popular restaurants." -- "The Kings of Candy" by Steve Almond, The Boston Phoenix, March 16 - 23, 2000.
The family business was sold and eventually went out of business in March, 1981.
" Founded in 1861 by W.F. Schrafft, the company enjoyed explosive growth during Boston's candy boom. In 1928, Schrafft's built the nation's largest candy factory, in Charlestown, a 900,000-square-foot behemoth that housed 1500 employees. (The building, with its giant clock tower and red sign visible from I-93, is now an office complex.) The Schrafft name became synonymous with boxed chocolates, and the empire grew to include ice cream and a chain of popular restaurants." -- "The Kings of Candy" by Steve Almond, The Boston Phoenix, March 16 - 23, 2000.
The family business was sold and eventually went out of business in March, 1981.
William Frederick Schrafft was the founder of the W.F.Schrafft Candy Company. He married Wilhelmine Betz in 1857. They had five children together.
" Founded in 1861 by W.F. Schrafft, the company enjoyed explosive growth during Boston's candy boom. In 1928, Schrafft's built the nation's largest candy factory, in Charlestown, a 900,000-square-foot behemoth that housed 1500 employees. (The building, with its giant clock tower and red sign visible from I-93, is now an office complex.) The Schrafft name became synonymous with boxed chocolates, and the empire grew to include ice cream and a chain of popular restaurants." -- "The Kings of Candy" by Steve Almond, The Boston Phoenix, March 16 - 23, 2000.
The family business was sold and eventually went out of business in March, 1981.
" Founded in 1861 by W.F. Schrafft, the company enjoyed explosive growth during Boston's candy boom. In 1928, Schrafft's built the nation's largest candy factory, in Charlestown, a 900,000-square-foot behemoth that housed 1500 employees. (The building, with its giant clock tower and red sign visible from I-93, is now an office complex.) The Schrafft name became synonymous with boxed chocolates, and the empire grew to include ice cream and a chain of popular restaurants." -- "The Kings of Candy" by Steve Almond, The Boston Phoenix, March 16 - 23, 2000.
The family business was sold and eventually went out of business in March, 1981.
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