Born in the kitchen of a circa-1820 farmstead home, 1820 House Candle Company has been shaping fragrant home goods since 2004, with that historic property remaining in the family since 1919. Its East Palestine team pours each candle by hand in an artisanal process rooted in sustainability and community support, sharing proceeds with charitable causes.
The Old Candle BarnBorn in a basement in the late 1960s, The Old Candle Barn now hand-pours and hand-dips traditional candles in a roughly 28,000-square-foot facility in Intercourse. Local craftsmen continue the same old-fashioned methods used for more than 40 years, while the Hurst family has owned and operated the business for the past 20 years. The company also wholesales its own candle line throughout the United States.INTERCOURSE, PA
Heartland Candle CompanyHeartland Candle Company hand-makes all-natural soy wax candles on its family farm in Illinois, drawing on more than 30 years in the family soybean seed business to turn a renewable farm resource into a finished product. Lynn and Pam Wilken built the candle operation from home production into a family business that now includes their son A.J. and offers custom candle manufacturing for orders ranging from 50 to 50,000 units. The company uses American-made wax, jars, and other ingredients, with personal attention for customers and fundraising partners.BERLIN, OH
Moonrise Candle CoMoonrise Candle Co. began in 2015 when Central Pennsylvania film student Alexander Zemaitis taught himself to pour soy candles in his mother’s kitchen, and it now makes hand-poured candles in Harrisburg. Incorporated in 2016, the company remains a family-run father-and-son venture with Alexander’s father Paul, later joined by Gabriel Guevara. Its signature is a creative, celestial sensibility—from nature-based Classic scents to the Astral Collection’s hand-blown frosted glass vessels—alongside a jar refill and recycling program.HARRISBURG, PA
CandlestockSince opening as a one-room shop in 1970, Woodstock’s Candlestock has handcrafted distinctive candles, including its signature drip candles, in keeping with the town’s artistic spirit. The store has grown into one of Woodstock’s oldest businesses and ships its handmade candles worldwide, while its continuously burning drip candle has become an eight-foot-tall wax mountain at the heart of the shop. Candlestock also invites visitors to make their own candles at its Wax Imagination Studio in nearby Saugerties.WOODSTOCK, NY