The brick factory was built sometime before 1910. Originally, the El Grifo factory which was owned by the P. San Martin Cigar Company was on this same plot of land. A wooden building, it probably suffered damage by fire like so many of the other wooden cigar factories. At some point the company name was changed to San Martin and Leon Cigar Company.
Very little is available online regarding the San Martin & Leon Company. I did find a few mentions that P. San Martin and Company used child labor back in the early 1900’s. The children were paid very little or nothing at all. I did not find any photos or reference to child labor for other factories.
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Other companies that used this factory building were the C.M. Gil Cigar Co (1927), the Gallo and Baer Company (1945) and the Adrian Cigar Company (1949).
The factory building is currently used as office space for MaintenX Total Facilities Repair Experts. Their website does not make mention about the history of their building but, there is one picture of the factory in the background.