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Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex

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Built
  
1894-1913

Area
  
4 ha

Added to NRHP
  
21 August 1986

NRHP Reference #
  
86001772

Architectural style
  
Neoclassical architecture

Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex

Location
  
1101 Third St., Fullerton, Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania

Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex, also known as the D.W. Coombs Textile Machinery Company, is a historic factory complex located at Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1894 and 1913, and consists of 11 contributing buildings. They are built of reinforced concrete. The company was the nation's leading producer of brass refrigerator hardware and one of the two largest producers of cast iron toys in Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Dent Hardware Company Factory Complex Wikipedia