The Smaltz Building, also known as the Smaltz-Goodwin Building, is an historic, American
factory
A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. ...
building that is located in the
Callowhill neighborhood of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
.
Added to the
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 ...
in 2005,
it is a
contributing property to the
Callowhill Industrial Historic District.
History and architectural features
Built in 1911, this historic structure is a ten-story, eleven-bay by five-bay, reinforced concrete building. It originally housed the Smaltz-Goodwin women's shoe manufacturer until 1933 and was then home to a variety of clothing manufacturers.
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It was added to the
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 ...
in 2005.
It is a
contributing property to the
Callowhill Industrial Historic District.
Between 2012 and 2016 the Post Brothers development company rehabbed the Smaltz Building into the first LEED Gold certified residential high-rise in Philadelphia, opening the building as The Goldtex apartment community in January 2016.
Gallery
File:Goldtex Under Construction (November 2012).jpg, Smaltz Building, early rehabilitation stage by Post Brothers
References
External links
Goldtex ApartmentsPost Brothers , Apartments in Philadelphia{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia
Industrial buildings completed in 1911
Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania
Callowhill, Philadelphia
1911 establishments in Pennsylvania
Shoe factories