As Sacramento has demolished our cities historic buildings of days gone by like other cities some buildings of the old school materials and craftsmanship still luckily remain
I can remember as a kid driving by this location with my family and the wonderful smell of fresh bread in the air
The current building at 3226 Montgomery Way in Sac is the home to Sara Lee/EarthGrains (Bimbo Bakeries USA) bakery still baking bread etc like the building has done for a hundred years almost in this building
Mr Schnetz went to work in the oldest Bakery in Sacramento founded in 1849 at the 124 Jst location and worked there until buying the owners out and taking ownership Originally named the Henry & Otto "Schnetz Bakery", it was started ind 1892 by Henry Schnetz still at 124 J st in what is now Old Sacramento.
Failing health caused him to sell half to his brother Otto to help keep things running
1913 directory shows them at both 124 J st and also 711 J st , so looks like this was the start of outgrowing their location and needing a bigger building by that time
Still researching for more on when the move from J st to this location, which first shows at 3226 Montgomery location in 1925 and last shows at Jst in 1923.
So seems sometime around 1924 (24' directory unavailable online to verify) the bakery moved from 124 J st to 3226 Montgomery way and started baking in their new much larger location
And trying to find when it changed from Schnetz to Pioneer name.
1930 Earl Schnetz shows now as president of Pioneer Bakery
Not sure when Pioneer Bakery sold or went out of business?
1985 to 2003 it was Columbo French bread at this location
Here is a photo from 1941
And again currently in 2014
Some info found in
History of Sacramento County, California: With Biographical Sketches of the ...
By William Ladd Willis