Lebanon #23: Lebanon Creamery Company Building

853 South Main Street

Lebanon Creamery Company Building on November 30, 2006

Fredric August Bohle established a farm on Lancaster Drive in Salem in 1908 and established the Lebanon Creamery in 1911 on the site of Ralston Square Park. The creamery was operated by Bohle and his sons William Edward Bohle and Edwin Henry Bohle. They produced butter that was sold statewide. This building was built in 1928 by contractor E.H. Keebler to replace the old creamery building at what is now Ralston Square Park. In 1929, the Lebanon Creamery Company moved into the new concrete building. In the new building, the creamery began producing milk and ice cream. The creamery also expanded into half of the building to the north. The business was sold to Curley’s Dairy in 1950. Reader Arnold Williams recalls that later this building was the 88 Cent Store. As of 2007 it was the City of Lebanon’s Community Development Center. It is currently home to Hollywood Studios Fitness.

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