New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse Explained

New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:14th and Poplar Sts., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates:39.747°N -75.5412°W
Architecture:Early Commercial
Added:June 16, 1983
Refnum:83001401

New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse, also known as the Kaumagraph Building, is a historic warehouse building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1917, and is a three-story, rectangular steel, concrete, and brick building measuring 100 feet by 200 feet and featuring a projecting roof cornice, flat roof, and large window areas. It is characterized as a fireproof industrial building in the commercial style of the early 1900s. It was originally built as a warehouse to store goatskins for a Wilmington kid leather manufacturer and later housed the plant and offices of a specialty printing firm.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is located in the East Brandywine Historic District.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83001401}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse ]. Priscilla M. Thompson. January 1983. and