Seneca Glass Company Building
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Seneca Glass Company Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = Seneca Glass Company Factory ovens.jpg
| caption = Seneca Glass Company Factory ovens, 1974
| location = 709 Beechurst Ave., Morgantown, West Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|39|38|28|N|79|57|44|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = West Virginia#USA
| built = 1897
| added = December 19, 1985
| area = {{convert|2.7|acre}}
| refnum = 85003214{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Seneca Glass Company Building, now called Seneca Center, is a historic glass factory located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built by the Seneca Glass Company in 1896–1897, and is an industrial complex of work areas, all connected by doors, passageways, or bridges. A fire in 1902, destroyed much of the interior of the original brick part of the complex. After the fire, Elmer F. Jacobs designed the new two-story replacement, a new Needle Etching Room in a separate building connected by a bridge, and the reconstruction of the Grinding, Glazing, and Cutting areas. A large addition was built in 1947. The building features a conical brick stack that projects 36 feet above the roofline of the Furnace / Blowing Room. The complex was the home of one of the finest hand-blown, hand-cut and etched, lead glass factories in the world. After the factory closed in 1983, it was adapted for commercial use.{{cite web|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Seneca-glass-company-building.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Seneca Glass Company Building|date=January 1985|accessdate=2011-08-18 |author=Dolores A. Fleming|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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External links
- [http://www.senecacenter.com/ Seneca Center web site]
- [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0136 Seneca Glass Company Factory, Beechurst Avenue between Sixth & Eighth Streets, Morgantown, Monongalia, WV] at the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
{{National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia}}
Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1897
Category:Buildings and structures in Morgantown, West Virginia
Category:Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Monongalia County, West Virginia
Category:Defunct glassmaking companies
Category:Shopping malls in West Virginia
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