The Star Match Factory in the 19th century.

The Portland Star Match Factory is an historic industrial building on West Commercial Street in Portland, Maine, USA. From 1870 to 1908, approximately 75-100 workers, mostly women, produced matches at the factory.[1]

Company

The Portland Star Match Company was incorporated in 1866. The original owners sold the company in 1869.

In October 1869, a fire burned at the factory's facility near Back Cove. Damage totaled $20,000 and nearly destroyed the original building.[2] The company relocated to West Commercial Street, where it built a new facility.

In 1903, the Portland Board of Trade Journal called the company "one of the most successful industries in the Forest City."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Working Women of the Old Port". Maine History Online.
  2. ↑ "Destructive Fire: Burning of the Star Match Factory". Portland Daily Press. October 11, 1869.
  3. ↑ Star Match Co (Volume 16 ed.). Portland Board of Trade. 1903. p. 352.


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