{"nrhp_refnum":"11000648","name":"Tasty Baking Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2801 W. Hunting Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.00940176900008,"lon":-75.17542716799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A multi-section industrial bakery building at 2801 W. Hunting Park Avenue in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, built in seven phases from 1922 onward for the Tasty Baking Company. It is a 5- to 7-story painted concrete and brick structure with a flat roof.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion A for industry because the Tasty Baking Company was an innovator in baking, packaging and distribution through the 1950s. The plant produced individually wrapped snack cakes and was organized around a production sequence that moved products from upper floors down to shipping. Automation during the 1950s, including wrapping machines and conveyors, is cited as a key reason for its importance.","narrative":"Built in phases beginning in 1922 at Hunting Park Avenue in Philadelphia's Allegheny West neighborhood, this irregular complex of five- to seven-story concrete and brick sections was the sole bakery for the Tasty Baking Company, maker of individually wrapped snack cakes. The company moved here from its Sedgely Avenue bakery after rapid growth, choosing the site for its rail and highway access and nearby labor. Production ran floor by floor, with batter, baking, icing and packaging arranged so products descended through the building. Major additions came in 1936 and 1954, and by 1963 about 90 percent of production was automated. The complex is regarded as important for its innovations in baking, packaging and distribution during the mid-twentieth century. The company left in 2010, and the building is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1922-1960","architect_builder":"Turner Construction Company (engineering)","architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Remained in use by the Tasty Baking Company through 2010; the document states it is currently vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.250736-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/11000648.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000648/74fba4cfd9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000648/74fba4cfd9-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Tasty_Kake_Philly.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Tasty_Kake_Philly.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997498","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139766198"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/tasty-baking-company-building-11000648/"}