The Rumford Chemical Works are now home to several businesses including Avenue N American Kitchen, the Punch Kettlebell Gym and the Seven Stars Bakery as well as rental apartments and lofts.

That same year, Wilson approached Eben Horsford with the goal of expanding to develop and manufacture chemical products.

Its name honored Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, who had established the chair held by Horsford at Harvard.

[2][3] The company eventually built an extensive complex of buildings centered on the junction of Newman and Greenwood Avenues with North Broadway.

[4] The surviving parcel, roughly 8.5 acres (3.4 ha), includes a few wood-frame buildings which may date to the 1857 move and a large three-story brick warehouse built in 1895.