Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex
Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex | |
 Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex, September 2010 | |
  Location within Philadelphia  Location within Pennsylvania  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 2100 West Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°00′10″N 75°9′54″W / 40.00278°N 75.16500°W |
| Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
| Built | 1919, 1927, 1951 |
| Built by | William Steele and Sons Company |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000404[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 28, 2010 |
The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex is an historic factory complex in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]This historic complex consists of four buildings: the plant (1919, 1925–1927), the main office (c. 1919–1922), the chrome plating building (1951), and the lumber storage and garage building (1930). The plant is a five-story, U-shaped, reinforced concrete building that sits on a raised basement.
The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company manufactured heddles and other textile loom accessories. Its Philadelphia plant remained in operation until 1983.[2]
In 2018, NBC10 erroneously reported that the complex was destroyed by fire, but the buildings that burned were a block away and unrelated to Steel Heddle. The vacant Steel Heddle plant still stands in 2019.[3]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/28/10 through 7/02/10. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Nicholas Paul Kraus (October 2009). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 5, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ↑ "Raging 5-Alarm Inferno Engulfs Defunct Factory in North Philadelphia". May 18, 2018.
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
- Industrial buildings completed in 1919
- Industrial buildings completed in 1927
- Industrial buildings completed in 1930
- Industrial buildings completed in 1951
- Office buildings completed in 1922
- Upper North Philadelphia
- Burned buildings and structures in the United States
- Textile machinery manufacturers of the United States