Wallabout Industrial Historic District | |
Wallabout Industrial Historic District, September 2013 | |
Location | Clinton, Flushing, Grand, Park, Washington, & Waverly Aves., Hall, & Ryerson Sts., Brooklyn, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°41′49″N73°58′01″W / 40.69694°N 73.96694°W Coordinates: 40°41′49″N73°58′01″W / 40.69694°N 73.96694°W |
Area | 10.08 acres (4.08 ha) |
Built | c. 1890 | -1940
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 12000479 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 7, 2012 |
Wallabout Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located in the Wallabout neighborhood of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The district encompasses 43 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in an industrial section of Brooklyn. The district developed in the late-19th and early-20th century and features noteworthy examples of Romanesque Revival style architecture. The buildings are largely constructed of brick, bluestone, and brownstone with limestone, terra cotta, and cast iron elements. The district includes the Rockwood & Company chocolate factory complex previously listed as part of the Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District. A number of the buildings have been adapted for residential and commercial uses. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1]
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Rockwood & Company was a New York City-based chocolatier which operated from 1886 until 1957. It coordinated the industry's first resale price contracts, operated the largest chocolate factory in New York, and was the second largest producer of chocolate in the United States, after the Hershey Company. Founded in the borough of Manhattan, it moved to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Wallabout, gradually expanding its footprint to occupy most of a city block. In 1919, a fire led to a flood of chocolate in the street, attracting a crowd of children. Rockwood & Company sold the factory to the Sweets Company of America in 1957, who used it to produce Tootsie Rolls until it closed in 1967. The Rockwood & Company factory complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, which was later merged into the Wallabout Industrial Historic District. It was converted to luxury apartments in 1996.