Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex


Parks-Cramer Company Complex, Former
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Parks-Cramer Company Complex, Former, September 2014
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Location	2000 South Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°12′35″N 80°51′40″W / 35.20972°N 80.86111°W / 35.20972; -80.86111Coordinates: 35°12′35″N 80°51′40″W / 35.20972°N 80.86111°W / 35.20972; -80.86111
Area	5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Built	1919 (1919)-1955
Built by	Clement, E. H., & Co.
Architectural style	Industrial functionalism
NRHP Reference #	94000146^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 7, 1994

Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex is a historic factory complex located at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The contributing resources are the Manufacturing Building; Shipping, Receiving, and Pipe Storage building; storage building; and rail spur line and they were developed between 1919 and 1955. The Manufacturing Building is divided into six sections, and is a large one-story brick building with a flat roof and stepped parapets It features banks of large, steel-sash factory windows. The Parks-Cramer facility was one of the region's foremost manufacturers of humidifiers and air-conditioning equipment for the new cotton mills.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Frances P. Alexander and Richard L. Mattson (September 1993). "Former Parks-Cramer Company Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

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