7 Pleasant St., Milton, Massachusetts. County/parish: Norfolk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 10, 2000. NRIS 00000075.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
The G. H. Bent Company, better known as Bent's Cookie Factory and recognized as bakers of "cold water crackers" since 1801, was a business specializing in cookies that operated in Milton, Massachusetts for over two centuries. Bent's also sold a number of other baked goods, including their George and Martha Washington pies (both had powdered sugar on the top, the George with a cherry filling, and the Martha with a lemon filling). In 2017, Bent's expanded its menu to include a variety of sandwiches named after Milton-based themes and discontinued baking their signature hardtack crackers. Soon thereafter, the business closed and the original 1801 mill turned into a mixed use residential and commercial space.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796442