Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex explained

Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex
Location:3rd, Grand & Adams Street, Hoboken, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.7414°N -74.0369°W
Built:1906
Architect:Lederle & Co.; Multiple
Architecture:Renaissance, Italianate
Added:September 12, 1985
Refnum:85002183
Designated Other1 Name:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Abbr:NJRHP
Designated Other1 Link:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Date:July 31, 1985
Designated Other1 Number:1472[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
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The Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex is located in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The western concrete building with the four-sided clock tower was built in 1906 and opened in 1907, after the previous building was destroyed by a fire in 1905.[2] Keuffel and Esser manufactured instruments for the architectural, engineering and drafting professions at the complex from 1907 to 1968.[2]

In 1975 the building was converted to housing.[3] The western half of the complex became known as Clock Towers, while the eastern half of the complex (which was built in 1887) was converted into residential apartments in 1984 and became what is now called the Grand Adams Apartments.[2] [4] [5] The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1985, for its significance in architecture.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hudson County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 5 . September 11, 2023 . Includes Clock Tower Apartments .
  2. Web site: Hoboken Historical Museum - Keuffel and Esser 2010 . 2016-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220045702/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/exhibitions/main-gallery/past-exhibitions/keuffel-and-esser-2010 . 2016-12-20 . dead .
  3. Web site: Hoboken Walking Tour . Hoboken Historical Museum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517225537/http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/activities_%26_events/hoboken_walking_tour.htm . 2008-05-17 . March 20, 2009.
  4. Web site: LIHC || Low Income Housing Corporation || Featured Property - Clock Towers . 2016-02-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150509055244/http://www.lihcmaine.com/clock-towers.html . 2015-05-09 .
  5. News: Wilhelm J.D. Keuffel. Immigrant Entrepreneurship .
  6. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85002183}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex ]. National Park Service. Charles . Wyatt . December 1984 . With