Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company

Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company

Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company
Location Westfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°7′41″N 72°44′50″W / 42.12806°N 72.74722°W / 42.12806; -72.74722Coordinates: 42°7′41″N 72°44′50″W / 42.12806°N 72.74722°W / 42.12806; -72.74722
Built 1887
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No Style Listed
NRHP Reference #

85003233

[1]
Added to NRHP October 17, 1985

Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company is a historic factory at 360 Elm Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. The company is the last surviving business of the many whipmakers that once operated in Westfield.[2]

The company factory was built in 1887. It is a 2.5 story brick building with modest ornamentation that is ten window bays long and three wide. It is the best preserved of Westfield's extant whip factory buildings.[3] The factory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985,[1] and included in an expansion of the Westfield Center Historic District in 2013.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑
  3. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Westfield Center Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-12-08.


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