Lee Tire and Rubber Company
Lee Tire and Rubber Company | |
![]() Lee Tire and Rubber Company, November 2011 | |
Location | 1100 Hector St., Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 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[1] |
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.
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Office buildings completed in 1909
- Towers completed in 1909
- Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs