Schimpff's Confectionery

The Schimpff family had been making candy in the Louisville, Kentucky area since the 1850s.{{Cite web |last=Zeigler |first=Connie |date=2011-08-17 |title=Schimpff's Confectionery Delights Generations of Candy Lovers |url=https://my-indiana-home.com/food/schimpffs-confectionery-delights-generations-of-candy-lovers/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=My Indiana Home |language=en-US}}

The current premises were opened on April 11, 1891, by Gustav Schimpff Sr. and Jr.{{Cite web |last=Schipper |first=Joel |title=Schimpff's Confectionery celebrates 130 years in business |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/schimpffs-confectionery-celebrates-130-years-in-business/article_2e3fe538-9808-11eb-a5d4-7fc39de35cac.html |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=WDRB |date=April 11, 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Esarey |first=Jenna |date=April 11, 2016 |title=Schimpff's shows a sign of a different time |newspaper=Louisville Courier-Journal |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/indiana/2016/04/11/schimpffs-shows-sign-different-time/82667062/}} and the family lived above the store.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-11 |title=Schimpff's Confectionery blends tradition and innovation |url=https://www.snackandbakery.com/articles/107783-schimpffs-confectionery-blends-tradition-and-innovation |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery |language=en}}

In 1937 the first and second levels of the business were flooded.

The company is currently owned by fourth generation family members Jill and Warren Schimpff, who took over the business in 1990.{{cite news |url=https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/schimpffs-confectionary-celebrates-valentines-day-and-130-years.php |title=Schimpff's Confectionary Celebrates Valentine's Day And 130 Years |website=WFIU |date=February 12, 2021 |first=Lilly |last=St. Angelo}}

Since 2000 the store has had two expansions to make room for a candy museum and a demonstration area for visitors to watch the candy being made.

It was featured on the History Channel's Modern Marvels in 2006{{cite episode |url=https://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/season-12/episode-7 |title=Candy |series=Modern Marvels |network=History Channel |season=12 |number=7 |airdate=February 14, 2006}} and by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana in 2004.{{cite web |date=December 18, 2017 |title=Schimpff's Confectionery Embraces History |url=https://www.indianalandmarks.org/2017/12/schimpffs-confectionery-unveils-restored-space/ |work=Indiana Landmarks}} It is also noted as one of Indiana's seven "Hidden Treasures".{{cite web |title=City of Jeffersonville - History |url=http://www.cityofjeff.net/history/historymain.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720154625/http://www.cityofjeff.net/history/historymain.htm |archivedate=2008-07-20 |accessdate=2009-05-25 |publisher=City of Jeffersonville, IN}}

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