Conestoga Cork Works Building

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]

Conestoga Cork Works Building
Conestoga Cork Works Building, April 2010
Location215–235 E. Fulton St.,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°2′32″N 76°18′4″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1883–1897
Architectural styleLate 19th-century industrial
MPSTobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP reference No.96000324[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1996

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. 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 2012-02-23.


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