Pierce Arrow Factory Complex

Pierce Arrow Factory Complex is a national historic district consisting of the former Pierce-Arrow automobile factory located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York.

Pierce Arrow Factory Complex
Pierce Arrow Factory Complex, December 2009
Pierce Arrow Factory Complex is located in New York
Pierce Arrow Factory Complex
Pierce Arrow Factory Complex is located in the United States
Pierce Arrow Factory Complex
LocationElmwood and Great Arrow Aves., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°56′34″N 78°52′26″W
Area34 acres (14 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectKahn, Albert; Et al.
NRHP reference No.74001234[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 1, 1974

History

It was designed by Albert Kahn in about 1906 and served as the headquarters and production facility for Pierce-Arrow automobiles until 1938. Since then, the complex has been subdivided over the years to provide affordable space for many small companies and organizations. At one time local department store chain AM&A's operated a furniture warehouse in part of the complex.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

Construction and features

Located over a 34-acre (14 ha) site, it consists of a three-story, 132,970-square-foot (12,353 m2) Administration Building and an assortment of automobile manufacturing and assembly related structures. The buildings are principally constructed of reinforced concrete, and the Administration Building is considered one of the two earliest fully-realized examples of the Daylight Factory industrial architecture style (the other being the Packard Automotive Plant in Detroit).[3] : p.82 

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Cornelia E. Brooke (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pierce Arrow Factory Complex" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying five photographs
  3. Banham, Reyner (1989). A Concrete Atlantis: U.S. Industrial Building and European Modern Architecture 1900-1925. Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-02244-3.


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