The Henry Perkins Co. was founded in 1848. Initially located off Howard St. this firm moved to its present Broad St. location in 1864-65. The moulding room building and brass foundry dates to c. 1865. During the late 19th c. this L-shaped building contained a moulding room, a room for "cleaning castings" and a small brass foundry (see 1885 Sanborn atlas). By the early 1890's the moulding room and the machine shop/pattern shop to the northeast had been connected by a small brick addition. This building continues to house a moulding facility. Many of the first workers in this building were "returning Civil War soldiers." Mouldings for "the finest piano frames" were made here during the late 19th century.