Startup Candy Factory, historic commercial building in Provo, Utah, United States

Startup Candy Factory is a two-and-a-half-story brick building with a basement at 534 South 100 West in Provo, Utah, built in 1900 as a mix of warehouse and light commercial styles. Its asymmetrical facade has a plain southern section, a middle section with a Roman arched door bay, stone belt course and recessed brick panels around the windows, and a northern section with a corbelled brick course and stringcourses. A detached 1905 office and printing plant to the north was later raised by a second story and joined to the factory.

William Daw Startup learned candy-making in Widcombe, England, and emigrated alone in 1869, marrying Hagar Hick that November. The couple moved to Provo in 1874 and made candy beside their home; William died in 1878 after a limestone cooling slab struck him. His widow ran the business, and in 1900 the three sons built this factory. It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The building takes its name from the Startup Candy Company, the family business that built it in 1900. The Startup sons named the company after themselves, and the factory kept the name after the family sold it. Today the former production space serves as a reception venue, while offices occupy other parts of the building.

The building stands at 534 South 100 West in Provo. It is now used as a reception venue, with offices let out to various businesses, so visits depend on events rather than regular opening hours. From the street, compare the plain southern section with the Roman arched door bay and stone belt course of the middle section.

William Daw Startup was the only member of his family to emigrate, leaving Widcombe, England, in 1869 at the urging of Hagar Hick; the two married that November in Salt Lake City's Endowment House. He brought candy-making tools with him, and in 1874 built a factory beside the family home in Provo, producing some of America's first candy bars.