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Collin Street Bakery |
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401 W. 7th St., Corsicana,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 5' 23.42304999996",
-96° 28' 1.50421000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Opened two blocks north of this site in 1896, by August Weidmann, an immigrant baker from Wiesbaden, Germany, and W. T. McElwee, a local cotton buyer.
Combining the talents of a baker whose pride and joy was baking a better cake with the flare of a man whose business ability had a touch of the sensational was a move that resulted in a most unusual and successful business enterprise.
One of Weidmann's few assets was an unknown cake recipe. This was to become the famous original deluxe fruitcake, today shipped to every state in the United States and to many foreign countries.
McElwee, a lover of sports and the theatre, built a rooming house over the bakery in 1906, and invited visiting baseball players, circus performers and vaudeville troupes to stay there. Soon guests were having fruitcakes shipped to friends in remote places.
Employees at the bakery during this era recall visits from Will Rogers, Enrico Caruso, John J. McGraw, Gentlemen Jim Corbett and many other celebrities. They also recall the day the great circus showman, John Ringling, and many of his famous performers stopped in an ordered Christmas cakes sent to their many friends in distant lands.
This page last updated: 12/8/2009 11:17:21
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Locations:
Original Downtown Corsicana Bakery
401 W 7th Ave
Corsicana, Texas
Phone: (903) 874-7477
Toll-Free: (800) 292-7400
New 2nd Location
I45 & Hwy 287
Corsicana, Texas
Phone: (903) 872-2157
New Waco-Bellmead Location
I35 & Hwy 31 (exit 338A)
Waco, Texas
Phone: (254) 799-5824
See also Eilenberger's Bakery in Palestine, another historical Texas bakery known for their fruit cakes. |
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Collin Street Bakery Historical Marker Location Map, Corsicana, Texas
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