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packing house A packing house is a facility where fruit is received and processed prior to distribution to market. Bulk fruit (such as apples, oranges, pears, and the like) is delivered to the plant via trucks or wagons, where it is dumped into receiving bins ...

is a building where fruits, oysters, or other items are packed for shipping and distribution and there exist thousands of them in agricultural areas. ;in England The main purpose of packing warehouses in England was the picking, checking, labelling and packing of goods for export. The packing warehouses: Asia House,

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Whitworth Street Whitworth Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between London Road ( A6) and Oxford Street ( A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West, which then goes as far as Deansgate ( A56). It was opened in 1899 and is ...

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were some of the tallest buildings of their time. ;in the United States A number of historically significant packing houses in the United States are listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. Notable packing houses include: * J.C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed, Providence, Arkansas, NRHP-listed * Anaheim Packing House, Anaheim, California"Ready for a new culinary walkabout? Anaheim Packing House is here", Orange County ''Register''
/ref> * Elephant Packing House, Fullerton, California, NRHP-listed * Frances Packing House, Irvine, California, NRHP-listed * New York Belting and Packing Co., Newtown, Connecticut, NRHP-listed *

Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District The Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District (also known as the Bob White Historic Citrus Packing House District) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on September 13, 1993) located at 5707 Lake Winona Road in DeLeon Springs, Flo ...

, DeLeon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed * N. G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House, Tarpon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed * E. R. Meres Sponge Packing House, Tarpon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed * Auburndale Citrus Growers Association Packing House, Auburndale, Florida, NRHP-listed * Marion S. Whaley Citrus Packing House, Rockledge, Florida, NRHP-listed * J. C. Palumbo Fruit Company Packing Warehouse Building, Payette, Idaho, NRHP-listed *

Midland Packing Company The Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Sioux City, in the state of Iowa in the Midwestern United States, was built in 1918–19 as a speculative venture under the name Midland Packing Plant. After going into receivership, it was acquired by Swift ...

, Sioux City, Iowa, NRHP-listed *

Rath Packing Company Administration Building The Rath Packing Company Administration Building, also known as Adams Store Inc., is a historic Late Gothic Revival building in Waterloo, Iowa. It is a surviving remnant of what was the largest meat-packing plant in the United States in 1941. The ...

, Waterloo, Iowa, NRHP-listed * Portland Packing Company Factory, Portland, Maine, NRHP-listed * J. C. Lore Oyster House, Maryland, NRHP-listed * Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms, Wesson, Mississippi, NRHP-listed * Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and Docks, Bivalve, New Jersey, NRHP-listed *

Rudolph Oyster House The Rudolph Oyster House is a historic seafood processing building on the grounds of the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville, New York. Built in 1908, it is a rare well-preserved example of a typical oyster culling house of the early 2 ...

, West Sayville, New York, NRHP-listed *

De Mores Packing Plant Ruins The De Mores Packing Plant Ruins near Medora in Billings County, North Dakota, is a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). and The site is now preserved as Chimney Park, the largest open space within Medora's ci ...

, Medora, North Dakota, NRHP-listed *

Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company Alderbrook Station Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company Alderbrook Station, on the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon, was built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1991. The listing included three contributing bu ...

, Astoria, Oregon, NRHP-listed *

Seacoast Packing Company The Seacoast Packing Company is a historic packing house in Beaufort, South Carolina that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Also known as Peninsular Canning Company/Pig Factory and as Pickle Factory, it was built by ...

, Beaufort, South Carolina, NRHP-listed *

The Corner Packing Shed The Corner Packing Shed, in Frogmore, South Carolina, is a historic packing house on St. Helena Island that was built in 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the U ...

, Frogmore, South Carolina, NRHP-listed *

Earle R. Taylor House and Peach Packing Shed The Earle R. Taylor House and Peach Packing Shed, in Greenville County, South Carolina, near Greer, South Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 2012. See also *List of packing houses This is a list of n ...

, Greer, South Carolina, NRHP-listed *

Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed The Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed in Mission, Texas, also known as Edinburg Citrus Association and as Growers Select Produce Packing Shed, is a historic packing house. It was built in 1944. It was listed on the National Register of Hi ...

, Mission, Texas, NRHP-listed *

Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant The Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling icPlant (also known as Mukai and Sons, Vashon Island Packing Company, or VIPCO) in Vashon, Washington, U.S., is a former fruit processing plant originally constructed and owned by the Japanese American Muk ...

, Vashon, Washington, NRHP-listed *

Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building The Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building, in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States—also known as Koutsky & Berg—is a packing house that was built in 1851 in Italianate style. It was listed on the National Register of Hist ...

, Janesville, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed

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