TexasUltra Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Physically, I believe it's still intact, but have no idea when it ceased being used by Nabisco. If the Canal location opened in 1940 with the bigger plant near TMC opening in 1949, did Nabisco only operate it as a bakery for less than a decade? That's a great question. This is what I've found searching for local bakery history...Maybe the Canal location was a distribution facility.When National Biscuit Company moved to Houston from Galveston after the 1900 storm the small two oven bakery was somewhere in the second ward. They soon outgrew this location and built a bakery on Chenevert around 1910. National Biscuit Company (NABISCO) occupied the five story, red brick, 100,086 Sq. Ft. building on Chenevert, employing 200 people, until 1949. Following general trends, the company moved to the edge of the city, then Holcombe and Almeda to provide space for employee parking and easy access for trucks. The Chenevert building was sold to the Purse Furniture Co. and now may be lofts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 The old Nabisco Bldg. is TMC now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasUltra Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 The even older Nabisco building on Chenevert is... http://www.liveatcityviewlofts.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) !!!! Edited April 3, 2014 by GEM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasUltra Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 In the early 40's, the canal location baked bread. The Almeda location built and opened in 1949 baked only cookies and crackers. I remember seeing some old loaf pans around the Almeda bakery and we used them for small parts, nuts and bolts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wow - thanks for the above picture of the Canal location! Is it from Houston magazine? I had driven by that location a lot and finally snapped some pictures a while back: http://arch-ive.org/archive/national-biscuit-co/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasUltra Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Sorry, I don't remember where I captured the newspaper article photo from. I'm collecting historical info for a FaceBook page Re: the Almeda location (1949-1999) and the employees. The watercolor on the right was presented to all current employees at the time of the closeure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmil Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 When the then "modern" Nabisco Bakery opened in the early 50's in Houston on Holcombe and Almeda, the Harrisburg Rotary Club was invited on a tour of the new facility. I remember that it was as hot inside by the huge ovens as my family's laundry and dry cleaning plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggmsmolly Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 8/15/2005 at 5:14 PM, Ashikaga said: I think that I also remember a NABISCO plant somewhere in Houston. I remember learning that it stood for NAtional BIScuit COmpany. I don't have any Fritos and bean dip in the cabinet. But I have some RITZ crackers and potted meat. That made me remember NABISCO. But the plant that I remember might not have been in Houston. Maybe someone out there can set me straight. Now, to spread the potted meat on the RITZ! The plant was on the SE side of Houston off or on OST I think. I can remember my mom going there and buying "marked down" goodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 I believe the last Nabisco plant was further out Alameda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnu Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 SE corner of Holcombe and Almeda Google Map link 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartiMoser Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 On 9/29/2019 at 10:45 AM, gnu said: SE corner of Holcombe and Almeda Google Map link My dad was in the VAhospital for an extended time in about 1967. We could smell the cookies and crackers baking. Dad knew they had a storefront and my mom would bring him different things every night, still warm. He called it the Nabs plant. The smell was intoxicating for a small child. We weren't allowed to go in to see him. We'd stand on the lawn and he'd wave from the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandelay101 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Just wondering, was there a whistle that blew at the Nabisco plant that could be heard around the city ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 This is now the TMC Innovation Factory https://www.tmc.edu/innovation/ Interestingly enough, the history page seems to have the same color image that was seen in this post from TexasUltra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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