Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks Inc. Complex is a registered historic building in Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on October 27, 2005.
Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks Inc. Complex | |
 Front and eastern side of the complex | |
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| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°8′36.10″N 84°32′18.75″W / 39.1433611°N 84.5385417°W |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival and Early Commercial[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001186[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 27, 2005[1] |
Built in 1918, the complex was originally home to the Osterlein Machine tool plant. In the 1930s, the Fashion Frocks dress company acquired the property and manufactured women's clothing.[2] Fashion Frocks also made parachutes during World War II. Currently, the complex is home to the American Sign Museum and loft apartments.[3]
Historic uses
edit- Manufacturing Facility
- Industrial Storage
Notes
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
- ^ Middle Earth Developers. Machine Flats: The Neighborhood. Retrieved on February 6, 2010.
- ^ Cliff Radel. Sign Museum plans bigger home in Camp Washington Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. "Cincinnati Enquirer". January 30, 2007. Retrieved on February 6, 2010.