Globe Knitting Mills

Globe Knitting Mills
Globe Knitting Mills. November 2011.
Location 660 and 694 E. Main St., Norristown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°6′40″N 75°19′54″W / 40.11111°N 75.33167°W / 40.11111; -75.33167Coordinates: 40°6′40″N 75°19′54″W / 40.11111°N 75.33167°W / 40.11111; -75.33167
Area less than one acre
Built 1898
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 02001745[1]
Added to NRHP January 31, 2003

Globe Knitting Mills, also known as the Rambo & Regar Globe Knitting Mills, are two historic textile mill buildings located at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They were built in 1898, and were referred to as the "Main (Knitting) Building" and the "Oxidizing Building / Dye House." They are constructed of red brick with heavy timber framing and Italianate style design elements. The main building is three stories tall and rectangular in plan.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Cynthia Rose Hamilton (November 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Globe Knitting Mills" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-23.


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