Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex - Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The Dent Hardware Company Facotry Complex is a signifcant collection of industrial buildings located in Fullerton, Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.  The buildings have both architectural and historical signficance.  The constitute a large collection of early reinforced concrete industrial buildings, having been largely constructed during the first decade of the twentieth century, and are the most intact group of industrial architecture in Fullerton, a community that once boasted the presence of several large industrial concerns.  The resource's historical significance stems from Dent Hardware Company's position, in the first decades of twentieth century, as the nation's leading producer of brass refrigerator hardware and a major manufacturer of cast iron toys." - National Register nomination

It appears many of the buildings are now vacant but others are used for various industrial purposes.

Street address: 1101 Third St Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania County / Borough / Parish: Lehigh Year listed: 1986 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction Current function: Industry/Processing/Extraction Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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