Conestoga Cork Works Building

	Conestoga Cork Works Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Conestoga Cork Works Building, April 2010
Location	215–235 E. Fulton St.,; Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′32″N76°18′4″W / 40.04222°N 76.30111°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	c. 1883–1897
Architectural style	Late 19th-century industrial
MPS	Tobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP reference No.	96000324
Added to NRHP	March 28, 1996

Last updated December 21, 2023

Conestoga Cork Works Building, also known as E. Rosenwald & Co. Tobacco Warehouse, Rose Bros. & Co., Farmers Supply, and Rosenwald Court Apartments, is a historic factory and tobacco warehouse located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was built between about 1883 and 1897, and is a three-story, 31 bay brick building with a hipped and gabled roof. It has a stuccoed limestone foundation. The building was used as a cork cutting factory until 1912, a tobacco warehouse until the 1960s, then converted to apartments in 1992.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

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References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-02-25.Note: This includes David B. Schneider; Joseph Schuchman; William Wright (January 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Conestoga Cork Works Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-02-25.Note: This includes David B. Schneider; Joseph Schuchman; William Wright (January 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Conestoga Cork Works Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-23.

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