Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill
Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill, also known as Franklin Silk Mill and Leinhardt Brothers Furniture Warehouse, is a historic silk mill located at West York, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1899, and is a three-story, brick building on a rough cut stone foundation. It has a shallow gable roof, a three-story "L"-shaped tower, and a broad one-story ell. Also on the property is a small, flat roofed brick building built about 1925. The mill closed in 1937, then was used as a furniture warehouse into the 1980s.[2]
Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill | |
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Location | 1237 W. Princess St., West York, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°57′7″N 76°45′3″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1899 |
Architectural style | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Other, Vernacular Industrial |
NRHP reference No. | 91000090[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 21, 1991 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1] It should not be confused with the Ashley and Bailey Silk Mill, a similarly constructed factory built about two years earlier, which is also listed on the NRHP and is located about 18 miles east in Marietta, Pennsylvania.
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Laura L. Hamberger and Bryan Van Sweden (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-18.