Conestoga Cork Works Building

Conestoga Cork Works Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Conestoga Cork Works Building, April 2010
Location	215-235 E. Fulton St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′32″N 76°18′4″W / 40.04222°N 76.30111°WCoordinates: 40°2′32″N 76°18′4″W / 40.04222°N 76.30111°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	c. 1883-1897
Architectural style	Other, Late 19th-century industrial
MPS	Tobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP Reference #	96000324[1]
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1996

Conestoga Cork Works Building, also known as E. Rosenwald & Co. Tobacco Warehouse, Rose Bros. & Co., Farmers Supply, and Rosenwald Court Apartments, is a historic factory and tobacco warehouse located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built between about 1883 and 1897, and is a three-story, 31 bay brick building with a hipped and gabled roof. It has a stuccoed limestone foundation. The building was used as a cork cutting factory until 1912, a tobacco warehouse until the 1960s, then converted to apartments in 1992.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David B. Schneider; Joseph Schuchman; William Wright (January 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Conestoga Cork Works Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-23.