Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex

Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Dent Mill Complex, October 2012
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Location	1101 Third St., Fullerton, Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40°38′24″N75°28′30″W / 40.64000°N 75.47500°W / 40.64000; -75.47500
Area	8.7 acres (3.5 ha)
Built	1894-1913
Architect	Newhard, Henry P.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	86001772 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 21, 1986

Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex, also known as the D.W. Coombs Textile Machinery Company, is a historic factory complex located in Whitehall Township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, built between 1894 and 1913 and consisting of eleven reinforced concrete buildings.

The company was the nation's leading producer of brass refrigerator hardware and one of the two largest producers of cast iron toys in Pennsylvania. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ^[1]

References

Headquarters building

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc. (September 1997). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 26, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

• History of Dent Design & Hardware