Uneek Havana Cigar Company

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Location1259 Pennsylvania Route 113, Blooming Glen, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°22′07″N75°15′02″W / 40.36861°N 75.25056°W / 40.36861; -75.25056
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectMartin, Oscar A.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No. 07001160 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 2007

The Uneek Havana Cigar Company, also known as the Sprecht Clothing Company, is an historic, American factory building that is located in Blooming Glen, Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

History and architectural features

Built between 1907 and 1910, this historic structure is a two-and-one-half-story, rectangular, brick building that measures eighty feet by thirty-two feet and sits on a stucco-covered, stone foundation. It has a low-pitched gable roof with broad overhangs reflective of the Arts and Crafts movement and was built and occupied by a cigar manufacturer until 1919, after which it housed a clothing manufacturer into the 1950s. It then housed various light manufacturing activities until 2004. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-10-08.Note: This includes David R. Halliday (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Uneek Havana Cigar Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.