Roosevelt Dr. and Third St., Derby, Connecticut. County/parish: New Haven.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 12, 1987. NRIS 87000128.
1 contributing building.
The Kraus Corset Factory is a historic industrial property at 33 Roosevelt Drive in Derby, Connecticut, United States. The oldest portion of the large brick building, built in 1879, faces Third Street, while a c. 1910 addition extends along Roosevelt Drive. It is the only major building to survive from Derby's period of corset manufacturing. It was built by Sidney Downs, one of Derby's leading businessmen of the period. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 1987. It has been converted into apartments.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355399