Exploring the old Butter Krust Company in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Butter Krust Company is one of the many forgotten businesses of Corpus Christi, Texas. Butter Krust Company was a bakery and manufacturing company of some sort. Exactly not much is quite known about the Butter Crust Company.


Butter Krust Company was built in 1938 on a concrete slab foundation. The building was a 71,530 square foot building on 3.05 acres of land with a retro-architectural look. The office was built in 1938. Butter Krust Company served as a manufacturing company, bakery, and distribution facility.


Richter Baking Company purchased the property from Butter Krust Company in 1950. Butter Krust Company and Richter Baking Company occupied the same building from 1950-1952 for 2 years.

In 1952, Butter Krust Company moved their operations elsewhere and Richter Baking Company gained full control over rights for the property. At the very end of 1952, Richter Baking Company made a request for rezoning their property as cited in Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Their request seemed approval with help of city council. The lot was rezoned as industrial.

“One of the applications is Richter Baking Company's request for rezoning of 100 more feet of its lot bounded by Ayers Street, 17th Street, Cole Street, and 18th Street as light industrial.”

(Ref: Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Page 17, Wednesday, December 3, 1952)

Expansions and modifications were made to the building in 1967. The last known modifications were made in 1967. The retro-architectural look still remained present. It was only the insides of the interior design that was modified.


Richter Baking Company operated the building and property as Richter’s Bakery before selling the property to the city for more than 30 years. Expansions, modifications, and modernizations were made to the industrial building that once housed both Butter Krust Company and Richter Baking Company.

Richter Baking Company boasted of 62 modern trucks delivering fresh bread to grocers throughout Corpus Christi under the direction of J. R. Higgins. Six men were responsible for the up-keep and maintenance of the 62 trucks. Under the supervision of J, R. Higgins, maintenance engineer, the trucks are serviced daily to keep them in perfect condition.
(Ref: Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Page 50, Wednesday, April 10, 1957)


The whole entire property was foreclosed on in 1994 by the City of Corpus Christi. On May 21, 1994, Richter Baking Company sold the land to City of Corpus Christi on a deed after the building and property was foreclosed on by the city. The property was deeded to the City of Corpus Christi on that very date. The City of Corpus Christi assumed full ownership.
(Ref: Official Public Records of Nueces County, Texas, Document No. 912655)

Since then the city had installed CCTV monitored cameras on the premises. The city has been closely keeping an eye on this building for more than 21 years. The city keeps a close eye on this building despite vacancy.

The City of Corpus Christi held a property sale for the property on the date of April 3, 2018. However it is unknown if any purchasers, bidders, or buyers bought the property.
(Ref: Official Public Records of Nueces County, Texas, Document No. 2018870149)


As of May 30, 2018, the building is up for both sale and lease at a price of $1,100,000. The former Butter Krust Company now sits vacant and is owned by the City of Corpus Christi. The city is selling the land for re-development opportunities. The City of Corpus Christi is currently seeking out adaptive reuse for this old building.

Butter Krust Company is located at 2002 Ayers Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, US 78404.