Peanut Butter Warehouse in Galveston, TX

Peanut Butter Warehouse is located at 100 20th Street in Galveston, Texas. It was built in 1895 and was used at one time to store candy and peanut butter. Today it is a 25,000 square foot shopping paradise that has an assortment of furniture, Depression glass, unusual gifts, Circle E candles, homemade confections, Thomas KinKaid furnishings and antiques. The Warehouse, as the name implies, also sells fresh ground peanut butter.

The Warehouse is open seven days a week from 10 am to 6 pm. Payment for the products is easy since the Warehouse accepts almost any type of payment: cash, check, American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa.

The Old Peanut Butter Warehouse went through many owners. From the 1990s up until 2004 the Warehouse was owned by Nathan Sweeten. In 2004 Nathan Sweeten sold the Warehouse.

The Warehouse has been described as a junker's dream because there's such a large variety of items available. Some have even gone so far as to call it "every collector's dream." Many visitors like the smell of freshly baked peanut butter cookies that waft through the air. A bakery called the Phoenix Bakery and Coffee House is a popular place to have lunch, and has established a reputation among the locals for its superb beignets and scones.

The Old Peanut Butter Warehouse has a special section where visitors can buy homemade fudge and rich chocolates.

The store also has many of its original features like the Otis freight elevator. On the second floor is an original raised wooden platform that was once used for a tramcar.