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Merit Underwear Company

Merit Underwear Company
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Merit Underwear Company is located in Pennsylvania
Merit Underwear Company
Merit Underwear Company is located in the US
Merit Underwear Company
Location 43 E. Noble Ave., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°30′6″N 75°58′6″W / 40.50167°N 75.96833°W / 40.50167; -75.96833Coordinates: 40°30′6″N 75°58′6″W / 40.50167°N 75.96833°W / 40.50167; -75.96833
Area less than one acre
Built 1916, 1921, 1928
NRHP Reference # 96000711
Added to NRHP June 28, 1996

Merit Underwear Company is a historic factory building located at Shoemakersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. It was built in 1916, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building measuring 40 by 100 feet (12 by 30 m). It was added to the front of an earlier wood frame building, which was later replaced with a two-story, irregularly shaped brick structure built in 1928. A two-story, brick addition was built in 1921. The addition measures 52 feet by 71 feet. The building was occupied by garment manufacturers into the 1990s.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.



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