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Seneca Glass Company Building

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Built
  
1897

Opened
  
1897

Added to NRHP
  
19 December 1985

NRHP Reference #
  
85003214

Area
  
1 ha

Architect
  
Seneca Glass Company Building

Location
  
709 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, West Virginia

Similar
  
Cheat Lake, West Virginia University, Monongalia Arts Center, Dorsey Knob

Seneca Glass Company Building is a historic glass factory located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896-1897, and is an industrial complex of work areas, all connected by doors, passageways, or bridges. A fire in 1902, destroyed much of the interior of the original brick part of the complex. After the fire, Elmer F. Jacobs designed the new two-story replacement, a new Needle Etching Room in a separate building connected by a bridge, and the reconstruction of the Grinding, Glazing, and Cutting areas. A large addition was built in 1947. The building features a conical brick stack that projects 36 feet above the roofline of the Furnace / Blowing Room. The complex was the home of one of the finest hand-blown, hand-cut and etched, lead glass factories in the world. After the factory closed in 1983, it was adapted for commercial use.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

References

Seneca Glass Company Building Wikipedia


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