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Lee Tire and Rubber Company

Lee Tire and Rubber Company

United States historic place

The Lee Tire and Rubber Company, now known as Lee Park, is an historic, American rubber and tire factory complex that is located in the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

History and architectural features

The main building of this historic complex was built in 1909 as a vast, four-story, administration building. It is a symmetrical structure with terminating and central towers and features engaged Tuscan order columns framing the main entrance doors. The twelve remaining contributing buildings in the complex include one- and two-story, manufacturing buildings and a water tower (1909).[2]

The company was incorporated in 1911 as the successor of the J Ellwood Lee Company established in 1883. Lee manufactured puncture-proof pneumatic tires, regular tires, and rubber sundries. Garthwaite Stadium in Conshohocken is named for the former president, A. A. Garthwaite.[3]

This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes George E. Thomas (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lee Tire and Rubber Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  3. [3]
    Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign (1916 ed.). 1916. pp. 1301–1302.
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