Union Laundry Company building, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1912
| Description: |
The Union Laundry Company building, on the southeast corner of Lexington Avenue and South Pine Street, was built in 1911 on the old site of Fulmers Livery Stables. Otherwise known as the Union Cooperative Laundry, this two-story brick structure was built to house modern laundry equipment on the first floor, ironing and presses on the second floor, and roof-top water purifying tanks. The facilities included restrooms with showers, a mens smoking room, and a basement lunchroom for their 25 male and 50 female employees. By 1915 the building housed the Sterling Laundry Company and after the 1950s it housed Mechanics Laundry. The building was converted into the Union Laundry Lofts by the early 1990s. |
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| Origin: | 1912, circa |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/752FE3AE-A704-4F5E-A4B1-486952613393 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
735 Lexington Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States 39.890970,-87.185710 |
| Subjects: |
Indianapolis Lantern Slide Collection Cleaning establishments Laundries (Rooms & spaces) Fletcher Place Neighborhood (Indianapolis, Ind.) Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.) |
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