National Register of Historic Places
Burk Brothers and Company
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- November 14, 1985
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 913--916 N. Third St., Philadelphia
- County
- Philadelphia
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1875 to 1924
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 39.96590, -75.14247
- Reference number
- 85003493
The story
Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com
Burk Brothers and Company is an industrial building at 913-916 N. Third St. in Philadelphia, built in stages between 1855 and 1913 in a utilitarian style. The nomination names William Steele & Sons Co. as architect, and John N. Gill Co. and George W. Fredericks as builders.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 1985 under criterion A, with local significance in industry. Its significance runs from 1900 to 1920, reflecting the start of glazed kid leather production in 1901.
Physical character
The walls are brick and reinforced concrete, and the roofs are flat. Window openings are segmental-arched, and metal columns stand inside. Reinforced concrete floors were installed in 1921, a third story was added to Building P in 1943, and a loading platform was built as Structure Q in 1945. A stair enclosure was added as Structure S in 1940, and a wall opening was cut in Building F about 1940.
Historical context
Building A went up in 1855, and morocco leather was made here from 1855 to 1874. Henry Burk bought the property in 1897 and died in 1903. A reinforced concrete factory was built on the site from 1911 to 1913.