National Biscuit Company Factory • 1308 Boulder Ave.
American Biscuit Company 1894-98


Helena's Nabisco Factory, 1899
• Part of the Building Still Stands


COURTESY OF DAVE DUBÉ

The American Biscuit Company opened this factory in Helena on Boulder Avenue in 1894. In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (Na-Bis-Co) was formed from the consolidation of the American Biscuit Company, the New York Biscuit Company, and the United States Baking Company.

 

 

Nabisco Factory, Early 1900s

 

$12.00/week in 1919 is about $142.00/week in today's money.

 

 

After the 1935 Earthquakes


THE WES AND CAROL SYNNESS COLLECTION

These two views are of the north side of the ruined National Biscuit Company factory on Boulder Ave. The Sixth Ward (depot district) where this building was located, was the hardest hit by the 1935 quakes. At the time of the quakes, this facility functioned primarily as a distribution center.

 



East Side of the National Biscuit Co. Factory, Taken from Boulder Ave.

 

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