Life Savers Building
Appearance
Life Savers Building | |
Location | N. Main St., Port Chester, New York |
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Coordinates | 41°0′20″N 73°39′52″W / 41.00556°N 73.66444°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1920 |
Architect | Lockwood, Greene & Co. |
Architectural style | Chicago |
NRHP reference No. | 85001496 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 11, 1985 |
Life Savers Building is a historic commercial and industrial building located at Port Chester, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1920 and expanded in 1948-1949. It served as a manufacturing facility and headquarters of the Life Savers Candy Company until 1984. It is five stories high and constructed of reinforced concrete, brick, and terra cotta. It features larger-than-life replicas of Life Savers rolls at the foundation line.[2] During its peak period of production in the 1960's, as many as 616 million rolls of Life Savers candy were produced each year in the facility. It was converted into a condominium complex in 1989.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
Gallery
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Closeup of entry, November 2012
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Life Savers Building September 2016
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Life Savers Building September 2016
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Neil Larson (March 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Life Savers Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-30. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".
- ^ "About Real Estate; A Troubled Port Chester Project's Second Effort," New York Times, By Andree Brooks, Published: August 25, 1989
External links
Categories:
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Industrial buildings completed in 1920
- Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York
- Port Chester, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York
- Westchester County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs