Nissly Swiss Chocolate Company

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Nissly Swiss Chocolate Company
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Location951 Wood St., Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°6′48″N76°31′38″W / 40.11333°N 76.52722°W / 40.11333; -76.52722
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1920
NRHP reference No. 96000709 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 1996

Nissly Swiss Chocolate Company is a historic factory complex located at Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The complex includes two contributing buildings. They are the three-story, three-bay-by-six-bay factory building and the one-story four-bay-by-three-bay, L-shaped, boiler room building. The buildings were both built in 1920. It was used to produce milk chocolates until 1929. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [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. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes John J. Calabrese (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nissly Swiss Chocolate Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-18.