Lovell Manufacturing Company

Lovell Manufacturing Company
Lovell Manufacturing Company, April 2013
Lovell Manufacturing Company is located in Pennsylvania
Lovell Manufacturing Company
Lovell Manufacturing Company is located in the United States
Lovell Manufacturing Company
Location1301 French St.,
Erie, Pennsylvania
Coordinates42°7′25″N 80°4′44″W / 42.12361°N 80.07889°W / 42.12361; -80.07889
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.96001551[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 1997

Lovell Manufacturing Company, also known as Lovell Place, is an historic factory complex and national historic district which is located at Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

History and architectural features

It includes nine contributing buildings. The buildings and their additions were built between 1883 and 1946. They are characterized as simple brick industrial buildings with shallow gable and parapet roofs, and housed a manufacturer of bed springs, mouse and rat traps, wringers, and dryers. Included in the complex were a foundry and machine shop and a sports gear outlet. A cricket ball that was "Indian made" but branded "Lovell PA EERIE" on the reverse is preserved in a private collection in Australia. It likely would have been sold in a retail outlet in the complex.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 D. Jeff Kidder (January 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lovell Manufacturing Company" (PDF). Retrieved August 18, 2012.