Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex

Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex is a historic factory complex located in the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of four buildings: the Plant (1919, 1925–1927), Main Office (c. 1919–1922), Chrome Plating Building (1951), and Lumber Storage and Garage (1930). The Plan is a five-story, "U"-shaped, reinforced concrete building on a raised basement. The Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company manufactured heddles and other textile loom accessories. The Philadelphia plant remained in operation until 1983.[2]

Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex
Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex, September 2010
Location2100 West Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°00′10″N 75°9′54″W
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1919, 1927, 1951
Built byWilliam Steele and Sons Company
NRHP reference No.10000404[1]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 2010

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1] In 2018, NBC10 erroneously reported that the complex was destroyed by fire, but the buildings that burned were a block away and unrelated to Steel Heddle. The vacant Steel Heddle plant still stands in 2019.[3]

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/28/10 through 7/02/10. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Nicholas Paul Kraus (October 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  3. "Raging 5-Alarm Inferno Engulfs Defunct Factory in North Philadelphia".
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