Walter Grutchfield - Jay C. Wemple

Jay C. Wemple, 32nd St. at 4th Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 2001

J. C. Wemple was listed in 1901 as a firm in New York City in existence fifty years or more. (The list appeared in the New York Times Sept. 18, 1901, p. JS31.) But their first listing in the New York City Directories was in 1859 as
"Jay C. Wemple Co., window shades and rollers" 58 Catharine St. (now spelled Catherine).
The firm moved several times in New York: 460 and 444-446 Pearl St. (1862-85),
537-39 Broadway (2d door North of Spring St.)(1885-1901),
and 35 E. 20 St. (salesroom) (1901-17).
Their Brooklyn factory was located at 121 4th Ave. (corner of Baltic) from 1877 to 1892. The building above was their second Brooklyn factory (1892-1917) located at the corner of 32nd St. and 4th Ave. in the Sunset Park industrial area.