About Us
big daylight candy factory
North Peak Brewing Company is located in a historic building which was
formerly the Big Daylight Candy Factory.
In March of 1899, a partnership was
formed by John G. Straub, his brother,
Anton F. Straub and George E. Amiotte in
the creation of candies and confectionary
in Traverse City.
Under the style of Straub Brothers and
Amiotte, the firm soon established success,
with a large local following and an extensive
wholesale trade. So rapidly did the
business increase, that it became necessary
to provide a building of sufficient capacity
to meet he growing demands of the trade.
The building housing North Peak Brewing
Company was Straub’s third and final
building. Straub Brothers and Amiotte
"Big Daylight Candy Factory" is a handsome
imposing brick edifice of three
floors and a basement. It was constructed
with 400,000 bricks and 250,000 feet
of lumber-erected and supplied with the
latest and most approved machinery
devices for the manufacturing of all
kinds of candies. It compared favorably
on a scale with the largest and most
successful establishments of its kind. |