Pevely Dairy Company Plant, commercieel gebouw in Missouri, Verenigde Staten van Amerika
The Pevely Dairy Company Plant was a large factory complex located at South Grand Boulevard and Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis, covering about eight acres. The complex consisted of several red brick structures: a four-story administrative building from 1915, a factory building from 1916, a garage from 1928, horse stables, and a tall smokestack from 1943 with the name Pevely displayed in glazed bricks.
The Pevely Dairy Company was founded by the Kerckhoff family in the 1880s and operated until Prairie Farms Dairy purchased it in 1989. At its peak in the 1940s, the plant ran over 350 trucks and wagons daily to deliver milk throughout St. Louis and employed hundreds of workers in production and distribution.
The plant displayed its name prominently on top of the office building, a familiar landmark for St. Louis residents who grew up with the dairy brand. Beyond just producing milk, the site included a soda fountain where visitors gathered for cold drinks and areas where delivery horses were kept, making it a social gathering place for the community.
The historic site today is occupied by the SSM St Louis University Hospital, which opened in 2020. For those interested in the dairy's history, some markers and informational plaques remain on the grounds to remind visitors of the factory's past role in the neighborhood.
Kathleen Boe, a woman connected to the dairy through her work, filed a patent for a special scorecard design featuring milk bottle images. During the Great Depression, she helped run programs that brought free milk to schoolchildren, assisting many families during economically difficult times.
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