New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse

14th and Poplar Sts., Wilmington, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 16, 1983. NRIS 83001401.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Kaumagraph Building

From Wikipedia:

New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse

New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse, also known as the Kaumagraph Building, is a historic warehouse building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1917, and is a three-story, rectangular steel, concrete, and brick building measuring 100 feet by 200 feet and featuring a projecting roof cornice, flat roof, and large window areas. It is characterized as a fireproof industrial building in the commercial style of the early 1900s. It was originally built as a warehouse to store goatskins for a Wilmington kid leather manufacturer and later housed the plant and offices of a specialty printing firm.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is located in the East Brandywine Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75324382

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