{"nrhp_refnum":"08000523","name":"York Casket Company","other_names":["York-Hoover Body Company--Casket Division"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"700-710 Linden Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.95811549500007,"lon":-76.74736051599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-06-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An industrial complex of five brick manufacturing and office buildings with one non-contributing pole building at 700-710 Linden Avenue in York City, York County, Pennsylvania, on a 1.64-acre lot along the Western Maryland railroad tracks. The buildings date from 1892 to 1932 and were used for wagon, body and casket manufacturing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant under Criterion A for industry as a locally significant York County manufacturer of burial caskets, particularly hardwood caskets. Its period of significance begins in 1932, when the company diversified from wagon and body manufacturing into casket making, and ends in 1957, the 50-year guideline. The plant accommodated the full range of the business, from wood drying and assembly to sales and shipping.","narrative":"Located at 700-710 Linden Avenue in York City, this industrial complex was built between 1892 and 1932 and includes five brick buildings joined by one-story hyphens, along with a later metal pole building. The oldest buildings are three-story Late Victorian structures of dark red brick with corbel tables, dating to about 1892. The 1932 two-story office building is Art Deco, with cast stone piers and a belt course. The complex began as the York Gear and Wagon Company in 1892 and turned to casket making in 1932. By the late 1940s it was among the largest burial casket makers in the United States, selling through funeral directors across the eastern states. The plant was the center of its hardwood casket production, which was considered among the most expensive made in the country. Its role in York's industrial history and in the national casket trade is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1932-1957","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Modern Movement-Art Deco","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The complex was sold in 2004 and is leased to a ribbon manufacturer; the casket operations moved to Manchester Township before that.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.423602-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/08000523.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998870","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139770162"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/york-casket-company-08000523/"}