Wright's Automatic Machinery Company

United States historic place


Wright's Automatic Machinery Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Wright's Machinery Company, August 2014
35°59′42″N 78°53′04″W / 35.99500°N 78.88444°W / 35.99500; -78.88444
Area	.397 acres (0.161 ha)
Built	1942 (1942)
Built by	C. C. Woods Construction Company
Architect	Atwood and Weeks
Architectural style	Modern Movement
NRHP reference No.	12001088^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 26, 2012

Wright's Automatic Machinery Company, also known as Wright Machinery Company and Wright's Automatic Tobacco Packing Machine Company, is a historic machine factory located at Durham, North Carolina.

History

It was built in 1942, and is a two-story, square modern architecture style stuccoed brick factory building. It features a wide ribbon of glass block underscored by a continuous concrete sill stretches across the facade at each story and recessed double-leaf entrances set into cast-concrete peaked surrounds.

Construction

The building was constructed by the Defense Plant Corporation during World War II to support the manufacturing of gunfire control equipment for the United States Navy.

Later it was used to build precision instruments here for the U. S. military and later for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/26/12 through 12/28/12. National Park Service. 2013-01-04.
^ Cynthia de Miranda (May 2012). "Wright's Automatic Machinery Company" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.