The American Candy Co., 157 Kerr Street (cnr. Napier St.)

The single storey brick building was built in about 1890 for the proprietor of the American Candy Co., MacPherson Robertson. It was later occupied by Walter H. Hooper, as a paper box factory in 1900. Subsequently it was taken over by the Fitzroy Box Factory by 1920 which is believed to have been a subsidiary of MacRobertsons producing fancy cardboard packages for the confectionery works

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