Linde Air Products Factory
Linde Air Products Factory | |
 Linde Air Products Factory, October 2019 | |
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| Location | 155 Chandler Street, Buffalo, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°56′36″N 78°53′09″W / 42.94333°N 78.88583°W |
| Area | 1.98 acres (0.80 ha) |
| Built | 1907, 1911, 1916, 1934, 1948 |
| Architect | James B. McCreary (1907 Factory), Esenwein & Johnson (1910, 1911 Additions) |
| MPS | Black Rock Planning Neighborhood MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 100001584[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 11, 2017 |
Linde Air Products Factory, also known as the Chandler Street Plant, is a historic liquid oxygen factory building in the Black Rock neighborhood of Buffalo, Erie County, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]
The original two-story section was built in 1907 of solid masonry construction with double-hung wood windows, brick piers, and pitched roofs. Red brick additions were made to the original building through 1948. The present building has a C-shaped plan that is nearly fully enclosed around a center courtyard and measuring approximately 300 feet wide by 275 feet deep.
The building housed the first oxygen extraction facility in America and was later dubbed "the birthplace of the oxygen industry in the United States." It also served as the primary research facility for the Linde Air Products Company from 1923 until 1942.[2] The building has been redeveloped as a kombucha brewery, cider works, orthodontic laboratory, loft apartments and utilant llc (insurtech company.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/08/2017 through 9/14/2017. National Park Service. 2017-09-15.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2019-10-05. Note: This includes M. Shoen; D. King; K. Hoke; M. Arch; C. Moriarty & Jennifer Walkowski (April 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Linde Air Products Factory" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-06. and Accompanying photographs
- ^ "Home".
External links
[edit]- Buffalo Rising: Construction Watch: 155 Chandler Street (February 2018)
- Buffalo Rising: 1st Chandler Street Project Reaches Completion (August 2018)
- Buffalo as an Architectural Museum: Linde Air Manufacturing
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