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Shantz Button Factory

Coordinates: 43°08′34″N 77°35′25″W / 43.14278°N 77.59028°W / 43.14278; -77.59028
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Shantz Button Factory
Shantz Button Factory, January 2008
Shantz Button Factory is located in New York
Shantz Button Factory
Shantz Button Factory is located in the United States
Shantz Button Factory
Location340 & 330 Rutgers St., 795 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York
Coordinates43°08′34″N 77°35′25″W / 43.14278°N 77.59028°W / 43.14278; -77.59028
Area1.09 acres (0.44 ha)
Built1903 (1903)-1904, 1905, 1916, 1920
NRHP reference No.13000600[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 2013

Shantz Button Factory is a historic button factory located in southeast Rochester, Monroe County, New York. The factory consists of three buildings built between 1903 and 1920. The buildings are of heavy timber-frame construction with brick walls, large window openings, flat roofs, and decorative brick cornices. The buildings are five, two, and one stories in height. The button factory closed in the mid-1920s.[2]: 3, 16 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/12/13 through 8/16/13. National Park Service. 2013-08-23.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Saralinda Hooker (June 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Shantz Button Factory" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs