The Home of Sliced Bread

The Home of Sliced Bread (HM19A4)

Location: Chillicothe, MO 64601 Livingston County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 47.287', W 93° 33.086'

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Chillicothe,Missouri

On July 7, 1928, Chillicothe baker Frank Bench and inventor Otto Rohwedder secured Chillicothe Missouri's Slice of History. On this day their bread slicing machine produced the first loaves of sliced bread and made them available on the shelves of Chillicothe grocery stores.

The machine instantly changed the way consumers bought bread and increased the bakery's sales by 2000 percent in 2 weeks. Until this invention, which has long been synonymous with innovation, bread had to be sliced by hand in home kitchens.

At approximately five feet long and four feet high, the device was the invention of Iowa native O. F. Rohwedder. His machine was turned down by many bakers before being offered to Frank Bench. The original machine used at Chillicothe Baking Company eventually fell apart; however Rohwedder's second machine is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute.

This building, located at the corner of First and Elm Streets, is the original home of the bread slicing machine.
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Original Site of
The Frank Bench Bakery
Home of Sliced Bread
July 7, 1928
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HM NumberHM19A4
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Placed ByThe Home of Sliced Bread Committee
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Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 5:37pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 452784 N 4404386
Decimal Degrees39.78811667, -93.55143333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 47.287', W 93° 33.086'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 47' 17.22" N, 93° 33' 5.16" W
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Area Code(s)660
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 601-699 1st St, Chillicothe MO 64601, US
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