Midway Creamery

ID: 493
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Midway Creamery

- 1563-1565 West Como Avenue -
In addition to the Minnesota Milk Company, other creameries that served the neighborhood include: Sanitary Foods at 1033 Thomas Av.; Midway Creamery at 1563 Como Av.; Peoples Milk Company at 511 Rice Street; and Saint Paul Milk Company at 203 Franklin Street.

Photographer: Charles P. Gibson

Date: 1917-1920

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Old Home Dairy

By Jane McClure
The Old Home building was built in 1912 for the Minnesota Milk Company. Its original, more utilitarian design gave way in 1932 to a sleek Art Deco exterior, with a black stone base and many distinctive details. One prominent feature was a bas…