Seneca Glass Company Building
Seneca Glass Company Building | |
 Seneca Glass Company Factory ovens, 1974 | |
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| Location | 709 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°38′28″N 79°57′44″W / 39.64111°N 79.96222°W |
| Area | 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) |
| Built | 1897 |
| NRHP reference No. | 85003214[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 19, 1985 |
Seneca Glass Company Building is a historic glass factory located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896–1897, and is an industrial complex of work areas, all connected by doors, passageways, or bridges. A fire in 1902, destroyed much of the interior of the original brick part of the complex. After the fire, Elmer F. Jacobs designed the new two-story replacement, a new Needle Etching Room in a separate building connected by a bridge, and the reconstruction of the Grinding, Glazing, and Cutting areas. A large addition was built in 1947. The building features a conical brick stack that projects 36 feet above the roofline of the Furnace / Blowing Room. The complex was the home of one of the finest hand-blown, hand-cut and etched, lead glass factories in the world. After the factory closed in 1983, it was adapted for commercial use.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Dolores A. Fleming (January 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Seneca Glass Company Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
External links
- Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia, WV at the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Industrial buildings completed in 1897
- Buildings and structures in Morgantown, West Virginia
- Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Monongalia County, West Virginia
- Defunct glassmaking companies
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs