diff --git a/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js b/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
index 04ffeb34..79c53187 100644
--- a/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
+++ b/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const text_analyzer = require('pelias-text-analyzer');
 
 const fields = {
   'address': 'address',
@@ -20,6 +21,15 @@ function isPostalCodeOnly(parsed_text) {
           parsed_text.hasOwnProperty('postalcode');
 }
 
+function getHouseNumberField(analyzed_address) {
+  for (var field of ['number', 'postalcode']) {
+    if (analyzed_address.hasOwnProperty(field)) {
+      return field;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
 function sanitize( raw, clean ){
 
   // error & warning messages
@@ -43,6 +53,24 @@ function sanitize( raw, clean ){
       `at least one of the following fields is required: ${Object.keys(fields).join(', ')}`);
   }
 
+  if (clean.parsed_text.hasOwnProperty('address')) {
+    var analyzed_address = text_analyzer.parse(clean.parsed_text.address);
+
+    const house_number_field = getHouseNumberField(analyzed_address);
+
+    if (house_number_field) {
+      clean.parsed_text.number = analyzed_address[house_number_field];
+
+      clean.parsed_text.street = _.trim(_.replace(clean.parsed_text.address, clean.parsed_text.number, ''));
+      delete clean.parsed_text.address;
+
+    } else {
+      clean.parsed_text.street = clean.parsed_text.address;
+      delete clean.parsed_text.address;
+    }
+
+  }
+
   return messages;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
index 20f05fc0..dabacef8 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis.js
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-const sanitizer = require('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis');
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
 
 module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
   test('all variables should be parsed', function(t) {
+    var sanitizer = proxyquire('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis', {
+      'pelias-text-analyzer': { parse: function(query) {
+        t.fail('parse should not have been called');
+      }
+    }});
+
     const raw = {
       query: ' \t query \t value \t ',
-      address: ' \t address \t value \t ',
       neighbourhood: ' \t neighbourhood \t value \t ',
       borough: ' \t borough \t value \t ',
       locality: ' \t locality \t value \t ',
@@ -21,7 +26,6 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
 
     const expected_clean = {
       parsed_text: {
-        address: 'address value',
         neighbourhood: 'neighbourhood value',
         borough: 'borough value',
         city: 'locality value',
@@ -42,6 +46,12 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
   });
 
   test('non-string and blank string values should be treated as not supplied', function(t) {
+    var sanitizer = proxyquire('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis', {
+      'pelias-text-analyzer': { parse: function(query) {
+        t.fail('parse should not have been called');
+      }
+    }});
+
     // helper to return a random value that's considered invalid
     function getInvalidValue() {
       return _.sample([{}, [], false, '', ' \t ', 17, undefined]);
@@ -75,6 +85,12 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
   });
 
   test('no supplied fields should return error', function(t) {
+    var sanitizer = proxyquire('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis', {
+      'pelias-text-analyzer': { parse: function(query) {
+        t.fail('parse should not have been called');
+      }
+    }});
+
     const raw = {};
 
     const clean = {};
@@ -92,6 +108,12 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
   });
 
   test('postalcode-only parsed_text should return error', function(t) {
+    var sanitizer = proxyquire('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis', {
+      'pelias-text-analyzer': { parse: function(query) {
+        t.fail('parse should not have been called');
+      }
+    }});
+
     const raw = {
       postalcode: 'postalcode value'
     };
@@ -113,6 +135,102 @@ module.exports.tests.text_parser = function(test, common) {
 
   });
 
+  test('text_analyzer identifying house number should extract it and street', function(t) {
+    var sanitizer = proxyquire('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis', {
+      'pelias-text-analyzer': { parse: function(query) {
+        t.equals(query, 'Number Value Street Value Number Value');
+
+        return {
+          number: 'Number Value'
+        };
+      }
+    }});
+
+    const raw = {
+      address: 'Number Value Street Value Number Value'
+    };
+
+    const clean = {};
+
+    const expected_clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        number: 'Number Value',
+        street: 'Street Value Number Value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    const messages = sanitizer(raw, clean);
+
+    t.deepEquals(clean, expected_clean);
+    t.deepEquals(messages.errors, [], 'no errors');
+    t.deepEquals(messages.warnings, [], 'no warnings');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('text_analyzer identifying postalcode but not house number should assign to number and remove from address', function(t) {
+    var sanitizer = proxyquire('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis', {
+      'pelias-text-analyzer': { parse: function(query) {
+        t.equals(query, 'Number Value Street Value Number Value');
+
+        return {
+          postalcode: 'Number Value'
+        };
+      }
+    }});
+
+    const raw = {
+      address: 'Number Value Street Value Number Value'
+    };
+
+    const clean = {};
+
+    const expected_clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        number: 'Number Value',
+        street: 'Street Value Number Value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    const messages = sanitizer(raw, clean);
+
+    t.deepEquals(clean, expected_clean);
+    t.deepEquals(messages.errors, [], 'no errors');
+    t.deepEquals(messages.warnings, [], 'no warnings');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
+  test('text_analyzer not revealing possible number should move address to street', function(t) {
+    var sanitizer = proxyquire('../../../sanitizer/_synthesize_analysis', {
+      'pelias-text-analyzer': { parse: function(query) {
+        t.equals(query, 'Street Value');
+
+        return {};
+      }
+    }});
+
+    const raw = {
+      address: 'Street Value'
+    };
+
+    const clean = {};
+
+    const expected_clean = {
+      parsed_text: {
+        street: 'Street Value'
+      }
+    };
+
+    const messages = sanitizer(raw, clean);
+
+    t.deepEquals(clean, expected_clean);
+    t.deepEquals(messages.errors, [], 'no errors');
+    t.deepEquals(messages.warnings, [], 'no warnings');
+    t.end();
+
+  });
+
 };
 
 module.exports.all = function (tape, common) {