Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks, Inc. Complex
Appearance
Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks Inc. Complex | |
Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 39°8′36.10″N 84°32′18.75″W / 39.1433611°N 84.5385417°W |
Architectural style | Classical Revival and Early Commercial[1] |
NRHP reference No. | 05001186[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 27, 2005[1] |
Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks Inc. Complex is a registered historic building in Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on October 27, 2005.
Built in 1918, the complex was originally home to the Oesterlein Machine tool plant. In the 1930s, the Fashion Frocks dress company acquired the property and manufactured women's clothing.[2] Fashion Frocks also made parachutes during World War II. Currently, the complex is home to the American Sign Museum and loft apartments.[3]
Historic uses
[edit]- Manufacturing Facility
- Industrial Storage
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
- ^ Middle Earth Developers. Machine Flats: The Neighborhood. Retrieved on February 6, 2010.
- ^ Cliff Radel. Sign Museum plans bigger home in Camp Washington Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. "Cincinnati Enquirer". January 30, 2007. Retrieved on February 6, 2010.
Categories:
- National Register of Historic Places in Cincinnati
- Residential buildings in Cincinnati
- Manufacturing plants in the United States
- Warehouses on the National Register of Historic Places
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
- Hamilton County, Ohio Registered Historic Place stubs