List of packing houses
This is a list of notable packing houses. A packing house is a building where fruits, oysters, or other items are packed for shipping and distribution and there exist thousands of them in agricultural areas.
- in England
The main purpose of packing warehouses in England was the picking, checking, labelling and packing of goods for export.[1][2] The packing warehouses: Asia House, India House and Velvet House along Whitworth Street in Manchester were some of the tallest buildings of their time.
- in the United States
A number of historically significant packing houses in the United States are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Notable packing houses include:
- J.C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed, Providence, Arkansas, NRHP-listed[3]
- Anaheim Packing House, Anaheim, California[4][5]
- Elephant Packing House, Fullerton, California, NRHP-listed[3]
- Frances Packing House, Irvine, California, NRHP-listed[3]
- New York Belting and Packing Co., Newtown, Connecticut, NRHP-listed[3]
- Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District, DeLeon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed[3]
- N. G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House, Tarpon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed[3]
- E. R. Meres Sponge Packing House, Tarpon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed[3]
- Auburndale Citrus Growers Association Packing House, Auburndale, Florida, NRHP-listed[3]
- Marion S. Whaley Citrus Packing House, Rockledge, Florida, NRHP-listed[3]
- J. C. Palumbo Fruit Company Packing Warehouse Building, Payette, Idaho, NRHP-listed[3]
- Midland Packing Company, Sioux City, Iowa, NRHP-listed[3]
- Rath Packing Company Administration Building, Waterloo, Iowa, NRHP-listed[3]
- Portland Packing Company Factory, Portland, Maine, NRHP-listed[3]
- J. C. Lore Oyster House, Maryland, NRHP-listed[3]
- Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms, Wesson, Mississippi, NRHP-listed[3]
- Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and Docks, Bivalve, New Jersey, NRHP-listed[3]
- Rudolph Oyster House, West Sayville, New York, NRHP-listed[3]
- De Mores Packing Plant Ruins, Medora, North Dakota, NRHP-listed[3]
- Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company Alderbrook Station, Astoria, Oregon, NRHP-listed[3]
- Seacoast Packing Company, Beaufort, South Carolina, NRHP-listed[3]
- The Corner Packing Shed, Frogmore, South Carolina, NRHP-listed[3]
- Earle R. Taylor House and Peach Packing Shed, Greer, South Carolina, NRHP-listed
- Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed, Mission, Texas, NRHP-listed[3]
- Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant, Vashon, Washington, NRHP-listed[3]
- Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building, Janesville, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed[3]
References
- ^ Wyke, Terry. "Manchester warehouses". Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery. Manchester City Galleries. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ^ Parkinson-Bailey 2000, p. 81
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "New food hall Anaheim Packing House celebrates grand opening on Saturday", Los Angeles Times, 2014-05-29
- ^ "Ready for a new culinary walkabout? Anaheim Packing House is here", Orange County Register
Further reading
- The Story of the Bale. Manchester: Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Ltd, Princess Street, 1926