"Old Shop Front"

ID: 4595 ~ Source: Image from Website, Permission from Amy Servais ~ Creator: The Original Velatis Caramel Company

This file appears in: The Velatis Caramel Company (1866-1970): Velatis caramels continue to sell today, despite the demolition of the original downtown storefront in 1970.

This file appears in: The Velatis Caramel Company (1866-1970): Velatis caramels continue to sell today, despite the demolition of the original downtown storefront in 1970.

The Velatis Caramel Company (1866-1970): Velatis caramels continue to sell today, despite the demolition of the original downtown storefront in 1970.

By The DC Historic Sites team

Italian immigrant Salvator Velati opened the first Velatis candy shop in Richmond, Virginia, in the 1850s. This store burnt to the ground just prior to the end of the Civil War. In 1866, the Velatis…