Conestoga Cork Works Building

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Conestoga Cork Works Building
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Conestoga Cork Works Building, April 2010
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Location215–235 E. Fulton St.,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′32″N76°18′4″W / 40.04222°N 76.30111°W / 40.04222; -76.30111
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Builtc. 1883–1897
Architectural styleLate 19th-century industrial
MPS Tobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP reference No. 96000324 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1996

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. David B. Schneider, Joseph Schuchman, and William Wright (January 1996). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Conestoga Cork Works Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 24, 2025.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Downloading may be slow.)