Life Savers Building
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Life Savers Building is a historic commercial and industrial building located 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. It has been converted to apartment
use.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985.
Port Chester, New York
Port Chester is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The village is part of the town of Rye. As of the 2010 census, Port Chester had a population of 28,967...
, Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
. It was built in 1920 and expanded in 1948-1949. It served as a manufacturing facility and headquarters of the Life Savers Candy Company
Life Savers
Life Savers is an American brand of ring-shaped mints and artificially fruit-flavored hard candy. The candy is known for its distinctive packaging, coming in aluminum foil rolls....
until 1984. It is five stories high and constructed of reinforced concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
, brick, and terra cotta
Terra cotta
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...
. It features larger-than-life replicas of Life Savers rolls at the foundation line. It has been converted to apartment
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
use.
It was added to 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 1985.