32 Commercial St. Suite 2, Honesdale, PA 18431
The katz factory building
New Wave and repurposing for the future
The Katz Underwear Company was founded in September 1898 by three Katz Brothers: Jacob F., W. Jonas and Samuel, and began as a small shop with 11 employees on the third floor of the Dodge Building at the corner of Main and Seventh Streets in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The first product manufactured was muslin underwear under contract to the three largest underwear manufacturers in the United States. By 1902, the business had outgrown its quarters, and a new factory was built on Sixth Street in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. The Katz brothers decided to discontinue their contract work and began production of their own line. As the company continued to grow, it became necessary to expand facilities, and over the years four additions were made to the original factory. The former Katz factory has a vibrant past and an even more amazing future, thanks to Rudy and Fran Shemitz, owners of New Wave furniture, a manufacturer who occupied the space since 1991, outgrown the facility and moved to White Mills. Rudy's original plan was to sell the building, but his love for the community, he decided to renovate the building for other uses. There is a printing and design business on the lower level on the river side of the building.
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