Sharples Separator Works
Sharples Separator Works | |
 Sharples Separator Works, January 2010 | |
  Location within Pennsylvania  Location within the United States | |
| Location | N. Franklin and Evans Sts., West Chester, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°57′54″N 75°36′09″W / 39.96500°N 75.60250°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003214[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 28, 1984 |
The Sharples Separator Works, also known as the Gumas Warehouse and Kauffman Warehouse, is an historic factory complex in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]Built between 1890 and 1909 by Philip M. Sharples, this site includes fourteen contributing buildings, which range between one and three stories each, are of brick construction, and have low-pitched gable roofs or hipped roofs. It was home to the manufacturing works for the Sharples Tubular Centrifugal Separator, the first cream separator that was invented in the United States.[2]
Gallery
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Train shipment of Sharples cream separators
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Alice Kent Schooler (February 1984). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Sharples Separator Works. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 13, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
Categories:
- West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Industrial buildings completed in 1909
- Buildings and structures in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania
- 1909 establishments in Pennsylvania