National Register of Historic Places
Waite Grass Carpet Company
Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
The record
- Listed
- February 23, 2018
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 300 E Custer & 221 E Nevada Aves., Oshkosh
- County
- Winnebago
- State
- Wisconsin
- Contributing resources
- 2 buildings
- Coordinates
- 44.03529, -88.53402
- Reference number
- 100002141
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The story
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The Waite Grass Carpet Company is a former factory and warehouse complex at 300 E Custer and 221 E Nevada Avenues in Oshkosh, listed in the National Register in 2018. It was built in 1910 in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements style and includes two contributing buildings.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criterion A, with local-level significance in industry. Its period of significance runs from 1910 to 1966, reflecting the complex's 1910 construction and continued use as a factory.
Physical character
The walls are red and cream brick and painted steel siding, on a concrete foundation, with roofs of corrugated metal and exposed fastener trapezoidal panel. Inside, heavy timber columns and beams and steel sash multi light windows survive alongside a freight elevator penthouse and loading dock. By 1918 the company had added space to the factory and built a new warehouse; a concrete masonry addition followed in 1955, and in 2011 the building to the west was demolished.
Historical context
The Waite Grass Carpet Company operated in these buildings from 1910 to 1966. It was sold to the Victrylite Candle Company in 1968, which became Lenox Candles that year. At the time of its listing, the buildings were vacant.