Lammes Candies, now in its second century of candy making, was founded by William Wirt Lamme in 1878. Originally called the ...Red Front Candy Factory, the store was located in the 800 block of Congress Avenue - the main business street in Austin, Texas. Although William Lamme lost the business in a poker game in 1885, his son, David Turner Lamme, Sr., came to Austin to repay the gambling debt...