Diamond Silk Mill
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| Location | Junction of Ridge Avenue and Hay Street in East York, Springettsbury Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°58′35″N 76°42′0″W / 39.97639°N 76.70000°WCoordinates: 39°58′35″N 76°42′0″W / 39.97639°N 76.70000°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Dempwolf, John A. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 92000949[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1992 |
Diamond Silk Mill, also known as York Silk Manufacturing Company, is a historic silk mill located at Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted architect John A. Dempwolf and built about 1900. It is a 3 1/2-story, brick building with heavy timber frame trussing on a stone foundation. It measure 50 feet by 300 feet, and has a hipped roof. It features an octagonal 100-foot high smokestack and decorative corbelled brick cornice in the Romanesque Revival style.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
Interior court
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John J. Calabrese (February 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Diamond Silk Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-18.
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