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Mica Insulator Company

Coordinates: 42°48′14″N 73°57′06″W / 42.80389°N 73.95167°W / 42.80389; -73.95167
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Mica Insulator Company
Mica Insulator Company is located in New York
Mica Insulator Company
Mica Insulator Company is located in the United States
Mica Insulator Company
Location797 & 845 Broadway, Schenectady, New York
Coordinates42°48′14″N 73°57′06″W / 42.80389°N 73.95167°W / 42.80389; -73.95167
Area7.34 acres (2.97 ha)
Built1915 (1915), 1946
Built byTurner Construction
ArchitectWilliam Lee Stoddard
Architectural styleDaylight factory
NRHP reference No.11001007[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 2012

Mica Insulator Company is a historic daylight factory complex located at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. The complex consists of the four-story Micanite Works built in 1915 and the adjacent three-story Lamicoid Building built in 1946. The two buildings are connected by a third floor exterior walkway. The Micanite Works is of reinforced concrete construction and the Lamicoid Building is a steel frame building with brick curtain walls. Both features large multi-paned windows and open floor plans.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/03/12 through 1/06/12. National Park Service. 2012-01-13.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes Patricia Connolly Altman (August 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mica Insulator Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs