78. Pie Factory Becomes a Center for the Arts

Location: 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck
Date: 1951-present

In the early 1950s, when Lloyd J. Harriss brought mass-production food technology to the area with a frozen pie factory, the local fruit growing industry entered the modern age. Saugatuck pie factory workers processed frozen pies for American tables across the country. After multiple expansions, the Lloyd J. Harriss Pie Company was sold to the Rich Products Corporation. Rich closed the Saugatuck factory in 1998 to consolidate operations in fewer, larger facilities. After extensive renovation, the factory building was repurposed as the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.