General Cigar Company–Ansco Camera Factory Building

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General Cigar Company–Ansco Camera Factory Building
General Cigar Company–Ansco Camera Factory Building is located in New York
General Cigar Company–Ansco Camera Factory Building
Location 16 Emma St., Binghamton, New York
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Area 3.29 acres (1.33 ha)
Built 1927 (1927)-1928, 1938, 1950
Built by Bowie-Clark Construction Co.
Architect Freeman, Alfred
MPS Industrial Resources of Broome County, New York
NRHP Reference # 12000532[1]
Added to NRHP August 22, 2012

General Cigar Company–Ansco Camera Factory Building, also known as Agfa-Ansco, General Aniline and Film (GAF), and Anitec, is a historic factory complex located at Binghamton, Broome County, New York. It was original built in 1927-1928 for the General Cigar Company; Ansco purchased the factory in 1937. The factory building is a four story brick building with basement, five bays wide and 20 bays long. It has an intersecting four-story wing and two-story addition constructed in 1950. The building measures approximately 62 feet wide and 402 feet long. The powerhouse is a one-story, steel frame and brick building measuring 36 feet wide and 52 feet long. The buildings housed manufacturing operations of Ansco for cameras and photographic equipment. The factory closed in 1977.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

References

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