GW Mitchell — Hoffmann-Hayman Delaware factory flashback (blog PDF, 2017)

PDF screen capture (saved 30 January 2017) of contractor G.W. Mitchell’s Flashback Fridays post on building the 1932 Delaware Street plant — narrative overlaps project factory history; not a newspapers.com clipping.

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Hoffmann & Hayman Coffee Co.: Rising and shining in tough times
January 27, 2017 — Flashback Fridays / Mitch_Admin

G.W. Mitchell has always valued its relationships with the community and fellow San Antonio business partners… none quite like the Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Co. factory project in 1932, which jumpstarted G. W. Mitchell’s transition from residential housing to commercial buildings during the Great Depression.

The Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Co. began with William R. Hoffman, who started a small coffee company under his name in San Antonio in 1899. Hoffman ran his company successfully for just over a decade until his death in 1912. His wife, Wilhelmina “Minnie” Menger continued her late husband’s legacy and brought in brothers Gustav and Rudolph Menger… Later that same year, William R Hoffmann Coffee merged with Merchant Coffee, owned by W. E. Hayman, and Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Co. was born.

…In 1914 filled the largest ever order for San Antonio coffee — bulk purchase carried by eight wagons and sixteen horses to Ft. Sam Houston. In 1917 doubled production capacity when they bought out the Morrison Coffee Company… By 1922… H & H Coffee was selling successfully across Southwest Texas and as far as Oklahoma and Kansas City.

In 1932, G. W. Mitchell started construction on the new H&H Coffee Factory on Delaware street… Designed by architects Morris, Wilson and Noonan… over 16,000 square feet of fireproofed production space… giant Crystalvac jar replica on the roof… Three Rivers Glass Co. reusable containers… December 21 of 1932, open house… additions second story 1949 and 1955… mid-1960s purchased as a division of Continental Coffee… Delaware Street factory listed for sale in 1972…

(Pages 2–3 repeat site chrome and share widgets; full text in archived PDF.)

Source

• G.W. Mitchell, “Hoffmann & Hayman Coffee Co.: Rising and shining in tough times,” Flashback Fridays, posted 27 January 2017 (PDF capture 30 January 2017). Live URL: gwmitchell.com article (accessed 3 May 2026).
• Archived PDF: /assets/pdfs/2017-01-30-gw-mitchell-blog-hoffmann-hayman-rising-shining.pdf.
• Gallery: Newspaper Clippings (HH-CLIP-2017-0001) — blog capture filed with clipping grid for discoverability.