I took some photos of Muncie’s old Aladdin Manufacturing Company property on the day after Christmas. As it turns out, I did that just in time- someone told me that the place is being demolished! I headed back for some final pictures before the southeast corner of Hackley and 18th becomes bare ground and open sky. By the time I made it there, old warehouse to the north was completely gone. An excavator was ripping down the rest.

People have been asking me to write about old factories for months now. Consider that wish granted! I was driving around the south side of Muncie on the day after Christmas when I stopped to take photos of this imposing property. About a hundred years ago, it was home to the Aladdin Manufacturing Company.