Drawing-Room Candles
The Will & Baumer Company
Syracuse, N.Y.
The Ladies' Home Journal
January 1898
Will & Baumer was founded in 1855 by Anton Will, a carpenter who moved to Syracuse from Germany (the Baumer name was added in 1896)... syracuse.com
On July 6, 1896, the Will & Baumer Candle Co. was formed when the Eckerman and Will Candle Co. merged with the Francis Baumer Candle Co. The new company specialized in making religious candles, some of which were made by hand. By 1912, Will and Baumer had moved into a facility on Park Street, where they remained for roughly 100 years before relocating to Tennessee. A candle painted on the smokestack of the boiler building on Park Street is a local landmark visible to passing cars on nearby Interstate 81. The site is now occupied by another candle maker, Light 4 Life, which moved there in 2012... syracuse.com
... syracuse.com
On July 6, 1896, the Will & Baumer Candle Co. was formed when the Eckerman and Will Candle Co. merged with the Francis Baumer Candle Co. The new company specialized in making religious candles, some of which were made by hand. By 1912, Will and Baumer had moved into a facility on Park Street, where they remained for roughly 100 years before relocating to Tennessee. A candle painted on the smokestack of the boiler building on Park Street is a local landmark visible to passing cars on nearby Interstate 81. The site is now occupied by another candle maker, Light 4 Life, which moved there in 2012... syracuse.com){kind=small}