Roberts and Mander Stove Company Buildings

The story

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The Roberts and Mander Stove Company Buildings are six contributing buildings and one contributing structure in Hatboro, Montgomery County, roughly along Jacksonville Road, Tanner Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. The Foundry Building was built around 1915, and the Main Manufacturing Building was built between 1915 and 1944, in the Commercial Style.

Why it's listed

The buildings were listed under criterion A and Criteria Consideration D, with local-level significance in industry. Their period of significance runs from 1918, when the company expanded to Hatboro, to 1950, when the plant closed.

Physical character

The buildings have brick walls on brick foundations, with roofs that are synthetic, flat, gabled, or hipped with Spanish tile and sawtooth projections, plus a stepped gable parapet, water tank and stand pipe. The Foundry Building gained additions around 1960, and by about 1990 its windows and those of the Main Manufacturing Building were infilled with concrete block. Windows are multi-light steel sash, and interiors keep exposed plank ceilings, terra cotta block walls and sliding iron-clad fire doors.

Historical context

Roberts & Mander expanded to Hatboro from Philadelphia in 1918, and closed the plant in 1950. Sylvania Corporation acquired the Main Manufacturing Building that year, and Amsco Toys occupied the foundry building from about 1950 to 1960.