Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Avenue, Millsboro, Sussex County, DE
Summary
Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4
Survey number: HAER DE-6
Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Houston , Henry A
White , William J, P
Perry, John
Chicago Bridge & Iron Works
Erie City Iron Works
Ericcson Merritt, Incorporated
Houston-White Company
Houston, Charles B
White, J Reese
McIntire, Judson J, delineator
Griffin, Douglas L, project manager
Comp, T Allan, project manager
State of Delaware, Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs, sponsor
Eleutherian Mills Hagley Foundation, sponsor
Foote, Charles A, photographer
Edmonson, James M, historian
Smith, Raymond W, historian
Davis, Dennis L, delineator
Anderson, K D, delineator
Campbell, Deborah A, delineator
Derganc, Christopher S, historian
Rineer, George W, photographer
Location
Millsboro, 38.54753, -75.24893
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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