Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill

Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill, also known as Franklin Silk Mill and Leinhardt Brothers Furniture Warehouse, is a historic silk mill located at West York, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1899, and is a three-story, brick building on a rough-cut stone foundation. It has a shallow gable roof, a three-story "L"-shaped tower, and a broad one-story ell. Also on the property is a small, flat-roofed brick building built about 1925.

Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill
Location1237 W. Princess St.,
West York, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°57′7″N 76°45′3″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1899
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Vernacular Industrial
NRHP reference No.91000090[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1991

The mill closed in 1937. The building was used as a furniture warehouse into the 1980s.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1991 as an example of vernacular industrial architecture.[1]

Another Ashley and Bailey Silk Mill is located about 18 miles east in Marietta, Pennsylvania. Built about two years before the West York mill, it was similarly constructed and has also been listed on the NRHP.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Laura L. Hamberger and Bryan Van Sweden (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ashley and Bailey Company Silk Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-18.


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