Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex

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Parks-Cramer Company Complex, Former
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Parks-Cramer Company Complex, Former, September 2014
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Location2000 South Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°12′35″N80°51′40″W / 35.20972°N 80.86111°W / 35.20972; -80.86111 Coordinates: 35°12′35″N80°51′40″W / 35.20972°N 80.86111°W / 35.20972; -80.86111
Area5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Built1919 (1919)-1955
Built byClement, E. H., & Co.
Architectural styleIndustrial functionalism
NRHP reference No. 94000146 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1994

Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex is a historic factory complex located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The contributing resources are the Manufacturing Building; Shipping, Receiving, and Pipe Storage building; storage building; and rail spur line and they were developed between 1919 and 1955. The Manufacturing Building is divided into six sections, and is a large one-story brick building with a flat roof and stepped parapets It features banks of large, steel-sash factory windows. The Parks-Cramer facility was one of the region's foremost manufacturers of humidifiers and air-conditioning equipment for the new cotton mills. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Frances P. Alexander and Richard L. Mattson (September 1993). "Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.