156 Porter Street in East Boston was originally built by the Edison Lamp Works of General Electric in 1913 to provide additional manufacturing capacity for the company's recently invented drawn tungsten filament lamps. In later years it became more specialised in the production of miniature decorative Christmas lights. In the early 1960s the plant began to enter financial difficulties and in 1963 production was relocated resulting in the loss of 450 skilled lampmaking jobs in Boston.
After General Electric closed their operations, Goddess Bra moves into the building, operating for several decades. Today, the building has been renovated in to loft apartments.