E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company Building

E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company Building, also known as The Cooperage, is a historic factory building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is a roughly rectangular brick building composed of three primary sections of four-, three-, and two-stories, which encircle a central courtyard. The three sections are the Mill Building (ca. 1870), Forge Building (ca. 1910-1912), and Pattern Building (1913). The E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company revolutionized the barrel making industry by patenting the design and manufacturing of machinery used for mass-producing barrels. The company operated from 1840 until 2002.[2]

E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company Building, December 2009
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Location	55-59 Chicago St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°52′11.27″N 78°52′7.72″W
Area	0.67 acres (0.27 ha)
Built	1870
NRHP reference No.	09000376[1]
Added to NRHP	June 2, 2009

Plans announced in January 2010 are for the complex to be converted to "live and work" apartments and commercial space by Newark Niagara LLC in partnership with Clinton Brown Company Architecture.[3] More information about the project can be found at River Lofts Buffalo.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]

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  The E. & B. Machinery Company Building as it appeared in 1876
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  1872 Atlas Detail (building at center)
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  1894 Atlas Detail (building at center)
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  E. & B. Holmes Advertisement from 1889
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  Britain Holmes, 1884
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  Edward Holmes, 1884

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Jennifer Walkowski, Clinton Brown Company Architecture (December 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: E. & B. Holmes Machinery Company Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying eight photographs
3. "Termini, AM&A’s receive incentives: But warn tax flaw could scuttle project," By Matt Glynn, The Buffalo News, January 12, 2010.