Clark Thread Company Historic District
Also known as: East Newark Industrial Center, First Republic Industrial Cent900 Passaic Ave., East Newark, New Jersey
Map
Coordinates:
+40.75182, -74.1623240°45'07" N, 74°09'44" W
Quadrangle map:Orange
Description
With over 35 buildings on approximately 13 acres of land, this district incorporates most of the extant factory buildings of the Clark Thread Company, the world's foremost maker of cotton thread in the late 19th to early 20th century. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, June 2, 1978
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1978
- Reference number
- 78001764
- Area of significance
- Industry
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event
- Property type
- District
- Historic function
- Manufacturing facility
- Current function
- Manufacturing facility
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1875-1899; 1925-1949
- Significant years
- 1875; 1935
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 33
Contributing structures: 2