Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex
Dent Mill Complex, October 2012
Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex is located in Pennsylvania
Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex
Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex is located in the United States
Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex
Location1101 Third St., Fullerton, Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°38′24″N 75°28′30″W / 40.64000°N 75.47500°W / 40.64000; -75.47500
Area8.7 acres (3.5 ha)
Built1894-1913
ArchitectNewhard, Henry P.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.86001772[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 1986

Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex, also known as the D.W. Coombs Textile Machinery Company, is a historic factory complex located in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, built between 1894 and 1913 and consisting of eleven reinforced concrete buildings.

The company was the nation's leading producer of brass refrigerator hardware and one of the two largest producers of cast iron toys in Pennsylvania.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

Headquarters building
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-06. Note: This includes Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. (July–September 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-05.

External links

US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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