Arbogast & Bastian
Arbogast & Bastian, also known as A&B Meats, was the name of a slaughterhouse and meat packing plant located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Once a national leader in hog slaughtering, the company had the capacity to process most of the 850,000 hogs raised annually in Pennsylvania for slaughtering. In its heyday, Arbogast & Bastian slaughtered an average of 4,000 hogs daily.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Meat packing industry |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Founder | Wilson Arbogast, Morris C. Bastian |
| Defunct | January 9, 1985 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | 25 Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Arbogast & Bastian was founded in 1887. The company operated for nearly a century prior to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1984, citing cash flow issues brought about by market turmoil and labor disputes. The following year, in 1985, the company filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
With the exception of the company's offices and the storage building, the Arbogast & Bastian plant was demolished in the late 1990s.
The surviving offices were later incorporated into the America on Wheels museum, which was opened on the site of the former Arbogast & Bastian plant in 2008. The storage building was redeveloped, and became RB Collection: Ruozzi Brothers Collection, a trading and restoration center for classic and vintage automobiles, and Palazzo Reale, a residential complex with seven luxury residences. Both buildings, RB Collection and the America on Wheels museum, form what is called the Automobile Corner of America.