Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex
National Register of Historic Places

Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Listed
June 27, 2010
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
10000404

About this property

The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex is an historic factory complex in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. This historic complex consists of four buildings: the plant (1919, 1925–1927), the main office (c. 1919–1922), the chrome plating building (1951), and the lumber storage and garage building (1930). The plant is a five-story, U-shaped, reinforced concrete building that sits on a raised basement. The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company manufactured heddles and other textile loom accessories. Its Philadelphia plant remained in operation until 1983. In 2018, NBC10 erroneously reported that the complex was destroyed by fire, but the buildings that burned were a block away and unrelated to Steel Heddle. The vacant Steel Heddle plant still stands in 2019.

Location

2100 W Allegheny Ave
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
40.00512, -75.16594

Categories

INDUSTRY
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Sources

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When was Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex listed on the National Register?

Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 2010.

What type of historic resource is Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex?

Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex is recorded as the industrial era.

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