Arthur H. Thomas Scientific started in 1900 at the Freeman building at 12th & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia. During the early years, much of it's business was sales of Bausch & Lomb products and duty free imports from Europe. The company moved to West Washington Square in 1912 (in a building that later became the Farm Journal Bldg.), where they published their catalog that became the "bible" of the scientific industry.
In 1956, the company moved to 3rd & Vine Streets, on land once owned by the father of Betsy Ross. The new headquarters building had been the headquarters, warehouse and leather factory of England, Walton & Co., built in sections between 1913 & 1928.
Previously on that site, stood Francis Perot's Sons Malting Co. One of Philadelphia's earliest breweries, Francis Perot's Sons Malting Co., was established on Front Street near the Delaware River in 1687 by Anthony Morris, who originally came over on the "Welcome" with William Penn. The brewery remained in the Morris family's hands until the 1820s, when it was turned over to Francis Perot. Perot went into a partnership with his brother, William, and in 1850, they quit brewing altogether and focused solely on malting, the process of turning barley seed into malt, one of the primary components of beer. The company remained in Philadelphia until 1907, when the Perot Company moved the business to Buffalo, N.Y.
In 1983 Arthur H Thomas Scientific formally changed the name to Thomas Scientific, and in 1984, the company built a new corporate headquarters in Swedesboro, NJ. The building at 3rd and Vine was converted to an apartment building by Historic Landmarks for Living in the late 1980’s, and later converted to condos.
1910 map showing leather Perot's Malt House Today
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