American Chicle Company Building
National Register of Historic Places

American Chicle Company Building

New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana
Listed
September 17, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
98001176

About this property

The American Chicle Company Building, built in 1911, is located in the Gert Town neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans Chamber of Commerce started campaigning for a chewing gum factory in the city in 1900. Points in favor of New Orleans as a good location for such a factory included being USA's leading port of commerce with Latin America, so much chicle was already shipped through there, and large quantities of sugar are grown and refined in Louisiana. The American Chicle Company built the building as a branch factory, which opened production in 1911. After the gum factory closed, the building housed a box factory and an automotive parts warehouse. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The area flooded in the 2005 levee failure disaster during Hurricane Katrina. After remaining vacant for years, the building was refurbished as an office building in 2008–2009, and now houses the headquarters of Landis Construction Company.

Location

8311 Fig St.
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana
29.96228, -90.11758

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was American Chicle Company Building listed on the National Register?

American Chicle Company Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1998.

What type of historic resource is American Chicle Company Building?

American Chicle Company Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for American Chicle Company Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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