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Globe Knitting Mills

Coordinates: 40°6′40″N 75°19′54″W / 40.11111°N 75.33167°W / 40.11111; -75.33167
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Globe Knitting Mills
The mills in 2023
Globe Knitting Mills is located in Pennsylvania
Globe Knitting Mills
Globe Knitting Mills is located in the United States
Globe Knitting Mills
Location660 and 694 E. Main St., Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°6′40″N 75°19′54″W / 40.11111°N 75.33167°W / 40.11111; -75.33167
Arealess than one acre
Built1898
ArchitectHales & Ballinger
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.02001745[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 2003

Globe Knitting Mills, also known as the Rambo & Regar Globe Knitting Mills, are two historic textile mill buildings located at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They were built in 1898, and were referred to as the "Main (Knitting) Building" and the "Oxidizing Building / Dye House." They are constructed of red brick with heavy timber framing and Italianate style design elements. The main building is three stories tall and rectangular in plan.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#02001745)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved May 24, 2012. Note: This includes Cynthia Rose Hamilton (November 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Globe Knitting Mills" (PDF). Retrieved May 23, 2012.
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