Clabber Girl

One building that I have been in that many people probably don't really know much about is Clabber Girl.

In 1892, this building pictured to the right, known as the Hulman & Company building, Clabber Girl, was built in Terre Haute, IN, and still stands today. Starting in the grocery business, Hulman & Co later expanded into baking powder, which during this time period was made with a mixture of baked fireplace ash and sour milk, known as "clabber." Herman Hulman perfected a baking powder mixture, and came up with the name, "Clabber Girl."

It stayed open until 1995, then closed, sitting empty for a few years, until they decided that they wanted this to be someplace for the community to come and see the history that is right here in Terre Haute, IN.

It is now a museum, country store, and bake shop for people to come by and see Indiana's history; including other Indiana-based history on display. It was interesting walking through and seeing parts of history that is sitting right in front of us.