Built in 1863 by cabinetmaker John Kendall, the shop was one of the first industrial enterprises in Waubeka.

The community was home seven small manufacturing shops in the 1870s and 1880s, but the diversification of Waubeka's economy ultimately prove short-lived and lost momentum around the turn of the 20th century.

At its height, the Waubeka Pearl Button Factory employed twenty workers, making it the community's largest business.

[1] The dam was purposefully breached in 2001 and fully removed in 2003,[3] although the mill race remains, and the structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 29, 2016.

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