Joseph Sykes Brothers Company Building

Joseph Sykes Brothers Company Building
Joseph Sykes Brothers Company Building, October 2016
Location 1445 S. Mint St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°13′9″N 80°51′38″W / 35.21917°N 80.86056°W / 35.21917; -80.86056Coordinates: 35°13′9″N 80°51′38″W / 35.21917°N 80.86056°W / 35.21917; -80.86056
Area 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built 1926 (1926)
Architect Lockwood, Greene and Company; Blythe and Isenhour
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 03000343[1]
Added to NRHP May 1, 2003

Joseph Sykes Brothers Company Building is a historic factory building located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was designed by Lockwood, Greene & Co. and built in 1926. It is a one-story building that consists of a small office section in the front and a large machine shop to the rear. The building has a brick veneer, steel sash windows, and restrained Classical Revival detailing ornamenting the facade and side. It has undergone a certified rehabilitation. It was built as the Charlotte facility of the Joseph Sykes Brothers Company, an international producer of card clothing, machinery used in cotton production.[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. ↑ Mattson, Alexander; Associates, Inc. (September 2002). "Joseph Sykes Brothers Company Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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