Another great local business that had great products in our BE stores and neighborhood. Koester’s Bakery Koester’s Bakery was founded by Eilert Koester (9-1858 to 11-7-1948) and his wife Lisette (12-1860 to 8-7-1947). The business, according to the 1905 Polk directory was located at 644 W. Lexington Street, which was also noted as their home on the 1900 Federal Census, and at 894 W. Baltimore Street. They had two children at the time, William (3-1888 to12-2007 ) and Hilda (12-1893 to ?). The bakery was founded in 1887 and was at one time the largest family owned bakery in the U.S. Both Eilert and Lisette were born in Germany. The bakery was later in the hands of William, their son. He was raised on St. George’s Road and was a 1938 graduate of Gilman School. He earned a degree at Dartmouth College and served in the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp in the Pacific during World War II. He left the Navy as a lieutenant. After the war he worked as an actor in New York and toured with companies of South Pacific and Arsenic and Old Lace. In 1950, he returned to Baltimore and became the sales director for his family bakery on W. Lexington Street. He retired when the business was sold in 1977.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:45:09 +0000
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