Williamsburg Soap and Candle Factory

All of the candles were made at the on-site manufacturing plant, and all of the candle-making equipment was designed and built by its owners and employees.

[1] Customers could view the products being made through a glass window in the store; and were allowed to dip their own candles.

It was founded by John Barnett, Sr., who moved a barn from a nearby farm and made it the first building of a complex which contained the manufacturing plant, numerous shops, and a restaurant.

Williamsburg Soap and Candle Company suffered greatly from the drop in tourism after 9/11/01 and from the pressure of cheap Chinese imports.

The restaurant, along with most of the shops, were forced to close because the space was bought by a large store of a pharmaceutical chain in 2008.

Site of the now defunct Williamsburg Soap and Candle Factory 2007. The majority of the shops on the right side of the complex have since been demolished.
Candles from the Williamsburg Soap and Candle Co.