Linde Air Products Factory | |
Location | 155 Chandler Street, Buffalo, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°56′36″N78°53′09″W / 42.94333°N 78.88583°W Coordinates: 42°56′36″N78°53′09″W / 42.94333°N 78.88583°W |
Area | 1.98 acres (0.80 ha) |
Built | 1907 | , 1911, 1916, 1934, 1948
Architect | James B. McCreary (1907 Factory), Esenwein & Johnson (1910, 1911 Additions) |
MPS | Black Rock Planning Neighborhood MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 100001584 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 11, 2017 |
Linde Air Products Factory, also known as the Chandler Street Plant, is a historic liquid oxygen factory building in the Black Rock neighborhood of Buffalo, Erie County, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]
The original two-story section was built in 1907 of solid masonry construction with double-hung wood windows, brick piers, and pitched roofs. Red brick additions were made to the original building through 1948. The present building has a C-shaped plan that is nearly fully enclosed around a center courtyard and measuring approximately 300 feet wide by 275 feet deep.
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