Mica Insulator Company

Mica Insulator Company
Location 797 & 845 Broadway, Schenectady, New York
Coordinates 42°48′14″N 73°57′06″W / 42.80389°N 73.95167°W / 42.80389; -73.95167Coordinates: 42°48′14″N 73°57′06″W / 42.80389°N 73.95167°W / 42.80389; -73.95167
Area 7.34 acres (2.97 ha)
Built 1915 (1915), 1946
Built by Turner Construction
Architect William Lee Stoddard
Architectural style Daylight factory
NRHP Reference # 11001007[1]
Added to NRHP January 4, 2012

Mica Insulator Company is a historic daylight factory complex located at Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. The complex consists of the four-story Micanite Works built in 1915 and the adjacent three-story Lamicoid Building built in 1946. The two buildings are connected by a third floor exterior walkway. The Micanite Works is of reinforced concrete construction and the Lamicoid Building is a steel frame building with brick curtain walls. Both features large multi-paned windows and open floor plans.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/03/12 through 1/06/12. National Park Service. 2012-01-13.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes Patricia Connolly Altman (August 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mica Insulator Company" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs


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