Lee Tire and Rubber Company

	Lee Tire and Rubber Company
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Lee Tire and Rubber Company, November 2011
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Location	1100 Hector St.,; Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°04′34″N 75°17′17″W / 40.07611°N 75.28806°WCoordinates: 40°04′34″N 75°17′17″W / 40.07611°N 75.28806°W
Area	17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built	1909
Architect	Steele, William
NRHP reference No.	84003512
Added to NRHP	August 23, 1984

Lee Tire and Rubber Company, now known as Lee Park, is a historic rubber and tire factory complex located in the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The main building was built in 1909, and is a vast, four-story, administration building. It is a symmetrical structure with terminating and central towers and features engaged Tuscan order columns framing the main entrance doors. The 12 remaining contributing buildings in the complex include one- and two-story, manufacturing buildings and a water tower (1909).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

The company was incorporated in 1911, as the successor of the J Ellwood Lee Company business established in 1883. Lee manufactured puncture-proof pneumatic tires, regular tires, & rubber sundries. Garthwaite Stadium with in the borough is named for the former president, A. A. Garthwaite.^[3]

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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lee Tire and Rubber Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-23.
^ Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign (1916 ed.). 1916. pp. 1301–1302.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lee Tire and Rubber Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-23.

[3] Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign (1916 ed.). 1916. pp. 1301–1302.

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