Merit Underwear Company
Merit Underwear Company | |
Location | 43 E. Noble Ave., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°30′6″N 75°58′6″W / 40.50167°N 75.96833°WCoordinates: 40°30′6″N 75°58′6″W / 40.50167°N 75.96833°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1916, 1921, 1928 |
NRHP reference No. | 96000711[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 28, 1996 |
Merit Underwear Company is a historic factory building located at Shoemakersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. It was built in 1916, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building measuring 40 by 100 feet (12 by 30 m). It was added to the front of an earlier wood-frame building, which was later replaced with a two-story, irregularly shaped brick structure built in 1928. A two-story, brick addition was built in 1921. The addition measures 52 feet by 71 feet. The building was occupied by garment manufacturers into the 1990s.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
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 David G. Jordan (December 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Merit Underwear Company" (PDF). Retrieved September 15, 2012.
Categories:
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Industrial buildings completed in 1928
- Buildings and structures in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- 1928 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Berks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs