This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published October 25, 2015 and can be found here.
![The former Rochester Marshmallow Company factory located in the High Falls District. [PHOTO: India Lombardi-Bello]](https://www.rochestersubway.com/images/photos/rochester-marshmallow-company.jpg?ref=senseofplace.dev)
Story via Rochester Brainery
This former Rochester Plumbing Supply building at 281 Mill Street
has recently been renovated and converted into 14 new apartments in downtown's growing High Falls district. This is an exciting development not only because of the new life it will add to this neighborhood, but because this building has a pretty sweet past...
Before it was home to Rochester Plumbing Supply (sometime around 1920) this was the Rochester Marshmallow Company and where Rochester native, Joseph B. Demerath, brought the candy to the masses. No, marshmallows were not been invented in Rochester--they actually date all the way back to ancient Egypt--but you might say this is where one of America's favorite sweet treats came of age.
For the full story, head over to the Rochester Brainery Blog
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