Harbison-Walker Refractories Company

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Harbison-Walker engine repair house, May 1989

Location:	W. Shirley St., Mount Union, Pennsylvania
Area:	21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built:	1899, 1905
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Industrial Resources of Huntingdon County, 1780--1939 MPS
NRHP Reference#:	90000392^[1]
Added to NRHP:	March 20, 1990

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, originally known as W.H. Haws Refractories Company, is a national historic district and historic refractory brick manufacturing complex located at Mount Union in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It consists of 14 contributing buildings and 27 contributing structures. They were built in two sections; the No. 2 works date to 1899 and the No. 1 works date to 1905. Principal buildings and structures include brick kilns; mixing, molding, and drying facilities; storage and shipping sheds; a pattern making building; and crushing and screening facilities.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Mount Union Historic District, established in 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. Note: This includes Deborah L. Suciu (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harbison-Walker Refractories Company" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H083583_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

External links

Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon, PA: 9 photos, 3 data pages, 3 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Building Survey
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Engine Repair House, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon, PA: 4 photos, 1 data page, 2 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Building Survey
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Kiln, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon, PA: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Molding Room, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon, PA: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Packing Shed, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon, PA: 1 photo, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
Harbison-Walker Refractories Company, Rotary Dryer & Storage Silos, West end of Shirley Street, Mount Union, Huntingdon, PA: 2 photos, 1 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey

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