Seneca Glass Company Building

Seneca Glass Company Building

Seneca Glass Company Factory ovens, 1974
Location 709 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°38′28″N 79°57′44″W / 39.64111°N 79.96222°W / 39.64111; -79.96222Coordinates: 39°38′28″N 79°57′44″W / 39.64111°N 79.96222°W / 39.64111; -79.96222
Area 2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1897
NRHP Reference # 85003214[1]
Added to NRHP December 19, 1985

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Dolores A. Fleming (January 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Seneca Glass Company Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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