The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse

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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse
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The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse, September 2019
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Location545 Swan Street, Buffalo, New York
Coordinates 42°52′41″N78°51′27″W / 42.87806°N 78.85750°W / 42.87806; -78.85750 Coordinates: 42°52′41″N78°51′27″W / 42.87806°N 78.85750°W / 42.87806; -78.85750
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1917 (1917), 1918, 1939
Built byJohn W. Cowper Company
MPS Historic Resources of the Hydraulics/Larkin Neighborhood
NRHP reference No. 15000819 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 5, 2016

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse, also known as the A&P Warehouse and The Keystone Warehouse Company, is a historic warehouse building located in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. It was built in 1917, is an eight-story reinforced concrete industrial building encompassing 250,000 square feet of warehouse space. It has a one-story wing built of concrete block walls and steel framing. The building was occupied by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company until 1975. [2]

The building is currently undergoing conversion and rehabilitation into loft residential units. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/04/16 through 1/08/16. National Park Service. 2016-01-15.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2016-02-01.Note: This includes Kimberly Konrad Alvarez and Jennifer Walkowski (July 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs