New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse

New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	14th and Poplar Sts., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°44′49″N75°32′28″W / 39.747047°N 75.541173°W / 39.747047; -75.541173
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built	1917 (1917)
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	83001401 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 16, 1983

New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse, also known as the Kaumagraph Building, is a historic warehouse building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1917, and is a three-story, rectangular steel, concrete, and brick building measuring 100 feet by 200 feet and featuring a projecting roof cornice, flat roof, and large window areas. It is characterized as a fireproof industrial building in the commercial style of the early 1900s. It was originally built as a warehouse to store goatskins for a Wilmington kid leather manufacturer and later housed the plant and offices of a specialty printing firm. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1] It is located in the East Brandywine Historic District.

See also

• Main Office of the New Castle Leather Company

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Priscilla M. Thompson (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse". and Accompanying 15 photos