Rosenwald & Weil Clothiers Factory

Category: Demolished

Men's clothing is manufactured in this plant. All incoming material used in manufacture is brought to the receiving room. From here it is routed through the various processes of manufacture in the order of the numbers from one to six marked on the plan. All operating departments have direct overhead light from saw-tooth skylights, and heating and ventilation from a fan system. As an insulation against summer heat the roof has a layer of one-inch insulating quilt in its construction, which results in saving enough coal in winter to pay for its cost in four years. Pivoted vertical sash in the saw-tooth skylights provide summer ventilation. Tests have shown inside temperature ten degrees lower than that outside in the hottest weather. Provisions are made for employes' welfare work, as represented by the diningroom, kitchen, library and hospital.

(Source: Architectural record, Volume 44, 1918, pgs. 546-7)

Address was listed as corner of Franklin and Congress Streets, but was likely demolished to make way for the entrance to the Congress Parkway.