National Register of Historic Places
Herpel Brothers Foundry and Machine Shop
Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- August 4, 2004
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 45 W. Main St., Reynoldsville
- County
- Jefferson
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1900 to 1949
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 41.09723, -78.89337
- Reference number
- 04000806
The story
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The Herpel Brothers Foundry and Machine Shop is a foundry and machine shop building at 45 W. Main St. in Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, built c. 1905 in the industrial vernacular style and listed in the National Register in 2004.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in architecture and industry. The nomination gives its period of significance as c. 1905 to 1943, reflecting the Herpels' construction of the foundry and their 1943 retirement.
Physical character
The building stands on an ashlar sandstone foundation, with brick walls, a square brick chimney and ornamental yellow brickwork, under a corrugated metal roof. Its stepped-parapet facade has segmental-arched openings, industrial-scale windows and a semi-circular window, and inside, open joists reinforced with steel beams and posts sit over a concrete floor near the old forge and furnace area.
Historical context
Charles A. and Henry Herpel bought the Crowell foundry operation in 1884, and used the building as a machine shop and foundry from c. 1905 until they retired from business in 1943. The property was then converted for use as a glass wholesale operation around the 1940s and served as the A. T McClure Glass Company's business until 1974.