Guano + Raggio

700-704 Montrose Street, Philadelphia, PA [formerly known as Marriott Street]

1892 | Macaroni Factory | Undetermined

“Parker…has prepared plans for a new factory building for Guano & Raggio to be erected at 7th and Marriott Streets adjoining their present plan 48 x 70 feet, four stories high, slag roof, and wall to be of brick, stone trimmings, interior will be fitted with freight lifts, toilet rooms, also a stable will be upon ground floor of the same building, also steam power, heat, and machinery.” (June 1, 1892)

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This project follows at least one other commission for the same pasta company. The 1892 project seems to have expanded on whatever building/addition is referred to in the 1890 notices—that commission was for a five-story building—but this latest project may in fact be an adaptation of the earlier plans.