Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex
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Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex is a historic factory complex located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The contributing resources are the Manufacturing Building; Shipping, Receiving, and Pipe Storage building; storage building; and rail spur line and they were developed between 1919 and 1955. The Manufacturing Building is divided into six sections, and is a large one-story brick building with a flat roof and stepped parapets It features banks of large, steel-sash factory windows. The Parks-Cramer facility was one of the region's foremost manufacturers of humidifiers and air-conditioning equipment for the new cotton mills.[2]
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Parks-Cramer Company Complex, Former | |
Location | 2000 South Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°12′35″N 80°51′40″W |
Area | 5.2 acres (2.1 ha) |
Built | 1919 (1919)-1955 |
Built by | Clement, E. H., & Co. |
Architectural style | Industrial functionalism |
NRHP reference No. | 94000146[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 7, 1994 |
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]