Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex, also known as the D.W. Coombs Textile Machinery Company, is a historic factory complex located in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, built between 1894 and 1913 and consisting of eleven reinforced concrete buildings.
Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex | |
Location | 1101 Third St., Fullerton, Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 40°38′24″N 75°28′30″W / 40.64000°N 75.47500°W |
Area | 8.7 acres (3.5 ha) |
Built | 1894-1913 |
Architect | Newhard, Henry P. |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 86001772[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 21, 1986 |
The company was the nation's leading producer of brass refrigerator hardware and one of the two largest producers of cast iron toys in Pennsylvania.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References edit
- ^ 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 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-06. Note: This includes Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. (July–September 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.