Life Savers Building

Life Savers Building is a historic commercial and industrial building located on North Main Street between Horton and Wilkins Avenues at Port Chester, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1920 and expanded in 1948–1949. It served as a manufacturing facility and headquarters of the Life Savers Candy Company until 1984. It is five stories high and constructed of reinforced concrete, brick, and terra cotta. It features larger-than-life replicas of Life Savers rolls at the foundation line.[2] During its peak period of production in the 1960s, as many as 616 million rolls of Life Savers candy were produced each year in the facility. It was converted into a condominium complex in 1989.[3]

Life Savers Building
Life Savers Building, November 2012
LocationN. Main St., Port Chester, New York
Coordinates41°00′21″N 73°39′35″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1920
ArchitectLockwood, Greene & Co.
Architectural styleChicago
NRHP reference No.85001496 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 11, 1985

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] The larger than life replicas of Life Savers have since been removed.

  • Closeup of entry, November 2012
  • Life Savers Building September 2016
  • Life Savers Building September 2016
  • Some of the giant Life Saver rolls that previously lined the building, 1976.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Neil Larson (March 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Life Savers Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-30. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".
  3. "About Real Estate; A Troubled Port Chester Project's Second Effort," New York Times, By Andree Brooks, Published: August 25, 1989


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