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.[2]
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| Location | 14th and Poplar Sts., Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°44′49″N 75°32′28″W / 39.747047°N 75.541173°W |
| Area | 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001401[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 16, 1983 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is located in the East Brandywine Historic District.
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Priscilla M. Thompson (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New Castle Leather Raw Stock Warehouse". and Accompanying 15 photos