Burk Brothers and Company

913--916 N. Third St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Philadelphia.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 14, 1985. NRIS 85003493.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Diskmakers

From Wikipedia:

Burk Brothers and Company

Burk Brothers and Company, also known as Diskmakers, was a historic factory complex located in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The complex consisted of 12 interconnected brick and reinforced concrete buildings, built between 1855 and 1913. The buildings were designed for the processing of kidskins into morocco or glazed kid leather.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. They have since been demolished.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997500

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