{"nrhp_refnum":"00001683","name":"Hertlein and Schlatter Silk Trimmings Factory","other_names":["C.E. Hertlein &amp","Co. Dress and Trimmings","Hygrade Casket Corp Factory"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"454--464 E. 148th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":null,"county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.81418284200004,"lon":-73.91604366299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A multi-part brick factory building at 454-464 East 148th Street, at Brook Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, New York City. The original four-story building dates from 1887, with additions in 1892, 1904-05 and 1910-11.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the factory embodies the characteristics of a late-nineteenth-century urban industrial complex (Criterion C). It is also tied to the growth of New York's garment industry (Criterion A), as the firm was among the garment-related companies that moved out of Manhattan and became one of the Bronx's largest employers. The building was designed by A. B. Ogden & Son and its successor firms.","narrative":"Built in 1887 at the corner of Brook Avenue and East 148th Street in the Bronx's Mott Haven neighborhood, this brick factory was erected for Hertlein & Schlatter, a silk trimmings firm founded by two German immigrants. The company made trimmings for dresses and cloaks, sold to Manhattan garment makers, and moved production to the Bronx where larger, cheaper lots were available. Architects A. B. Ogden & Son, and later S. B. Ogden & Co. and The Ogden Company, designed the original building and its additions of 1892, 1904-05 and 1910-11. The facades use red brick, raised brick beltcourses, stone lintels and sills, and a bracketed cornice, with exposed wood, iron and steel structure inside. By 1913 the firm was the thirteenth largest industrial employer in the Bronx. The Hygrade Casket Corporation bought the building in 1935. After a fire in the 1980s, it was restored in 1999-2000 and converted to apartments while keeping its factory character.","period_of_significance":"1887-1950","architect_builder":"A.B. Ogden & Son; S.B. Ogden & Co.; The Ogden Company","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Factory Design","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Damaged by fire in the 1980s, then rehabilitated in 1999-2000 for residential use with commercial space on part of the ground floor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.398364-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001683/e667fbde0e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001683/e667fbde0e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55-VictorM","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hertlein_and_Schlatter_Silk_Trimmings_Factory,_454-464_E._148th_St._Mott_Haven,_Bronx_County,_New_York.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55-VictorM</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hertlein_and_Schlatter_Silk_Trimmings_Factory,_454-464_E._148th_St._Mott_Haven,_Bronx_County,_New_York.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316479","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertlein_and_Schlatter_Silk_Trimmings_Factory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5744825"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/hertlein-and-schlatter-silk-trimmings-factory-00001683/"}