H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company

H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company
H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company
Location Westfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°7′22″N 72°45′3″W / 42.12278°N 72.75083°WCoordinates: 42°7′22″N 72°45′3″W / 42.12278°N 72.75083°W
Built 1917
Architect Van Deusen,Henry M.
Architectural style No Style Listed
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

87000037

[1]
Added to NRHP February 18, 1987

The H. M. Van Deusen Whip Company is a historic factory building at 42 Arnold Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. The 1917 3.5 story brick structure was the last of Westfield's major whip factories to be built. Henry Martin Van Deusen began making whips in 1872 in Southfield, and moved to Westfield in 1880. He partnered with John Pomeroy in the whipmaking business until 1902, when he acquired Pomeroy's shares in the business. In 1925, with the decline in demand for whips occasioned by the success of the automobile, Van Deusen converted the factory to the production of lawn swings. He died in 1930, and his son lost many of his inherited assets during the Great Depression. The factory was acquired by Stanley Home Products, which used it as its corporate headquarters into the 1960s. In the 1980s it was acquired by a developer and converted to apartments.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. ↑ "MACRIS inventory record for HM Van Deusen Whip Company". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-08.