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Young Smyth Field Company Building is a historic light manufacturing loft building located in the Chinatown neighborhood of
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. It was built in 1902, and is an 8-story, 5 bay wide building, with a
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and glazed brick front facade. It also has
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details. The building measures 73 feet wide and approximately 170 feet deep. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the
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in 1992.


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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Industrial buildings completed in 1902 Chinatown, Philadelphia Textile mills in the United States {{PhiladelphiaPA-NRHP-stub