Hendler Creamery
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Hendler Creamery is a historic industrial complex located at Baltimore
, Maryland
, United States
. It consists of two adjacent building complexes. The original building complex encompasses a full city block, contains a 59340 square feet (5,512.9 m²) brick Romanesque Revival cable car
powerhouse built in 1892, with additions completed in 1915-20 and 1949. It is connected to a one-story brick building built in the 1960s. The other building complex is a 33504 square feet (3,112.6 m²) brick warehouse
structure built from 1923 to 1927 The building's original use as a cable-car powerhouse for the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Company from 1892 to 1898 played an important role in Baltimore's transportation history. After the replacement of the cable car by electric trolleys, it was then converted by James Lawrence Kernan
(1838-1912), who originally operated the venue as the Convention Hall Theater. It operated primarily as a Yiddish theater from 1903 to 1912, serving the largely Jewish immigrant
population. Some of the city's earliest motion pictures were shown there by Kernan. In 1912, it was purchased by the Hendler Ice Cream Company and converted to the country's first fully automated ice cream factory.
Hendler Creamery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2007.
Baltimore
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, Maryland
Maryland
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, United States
United States
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. It consists of two adjacent building complexes. The original building complex encompasses a full city block, contains a 59340 square feet (5,512.9 m²) brick Romanesque Revival cable car
Cable car
A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems.-Aerial lift:Aerial lifts where the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable:...
powerhouse built in 1892, with additions completed in 1915-20 and 1949. It is connected to a one-story brick building built in the 1960s. The other building complex is a 33504 square feet (3,112.6 m²) brick warehouse
Warehouse
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They usually have loading docks to load and unload...
structure built from 1923 to 1927 The building's original use as a cable-car powerhouse for the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Company from 1892 to 1898 played an important role in Baltimore's transportation history. After the replacement of the cable car by electric trolleys, it was then converted by James Lawrence Kernan
James Lawrence Kernan
James Lawrence Kernan was a theater manager and philanthropist based in Baltimore, Maryland.He born in Baltimore, Maryland at the southeast corner of Pratt and High streets, on July 29, 1838. He was educated at Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, and Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland...
(1838-1912), who originally operated the venue as the Convention Hall Theater. It operated primarily as a Yiddish theater from 1903 to 1912, serving the largely Jewish immigrant
American Jews
American Jews, also known as Jewish Americans, are American citizens of the Jewish faith or Jewish ethnicity. The Jewish community in the United States is composed predominantly of Ashkenazi Jews who emigrated from Central and Eastern Europe, and their U.S.-born descendants...
population. Some of the city's earliest motion pictures were shown there by Kernan. In 1912, it was purchased by the Hendler Ice Cream Company and converted to the country's first fully automated ice cream factory.
Hendler Creamery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2007.
External links
- Baltimore City at Maryland Historical Trust