Conestoga Cork Works Building
Conestoga Cork Works Building | |
 Conestoga Cork Works Building, April 2010 | |
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| Location | 215–235 E. Fulton St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°2′32″N 76°18′4″W / 40.04222°N 76.30111°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | c. 1883–1897 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th-century industrial |
| MPS | Tobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000324[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 28, 1996 |
Conestoga Cork Works Building, also known as E. Rosenwald & Co. Tobacco Warehouse, Rose Bros. & Co., Farmers Supply, and Rosenwald Court Apartments, is a historic factory and tobacco warehouse located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built between about 1883 and 1897, and is a three-story, 31 bay brick building with a hipped and gabled roof. It has a stuccoed limestone foundation. The building was used as a cork cutting factory until 1912, a tobacco warehouse until the 1960s, then converted to apartments in 1992.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2012. Note: This includes David B. Schneider; Joseph Schuchman; William Wright (January 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Conestoga Cork Works Building" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2012.
