| 词条 | B and B Chemical Company |
| 释义 |
| nrhp_type = | image = B and B Chemical Company, 780 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA - IMG 2955.JPG | caption = | location= 780 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts | coordinates = {{coord|42|21|35|N|71|06|55|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Massachusetts#USA | area = | built ={{start date|1937}} | architect= Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott | architecture= Streamline Moderne | added = April 13, 1982 | governing_body = Private | mpsub=Cambridge MRA | refnum=82001918[1] }}{{Commons category|B and B Chemical Company building}} The B and B Chemical Company is an historic office and industrial building at 784 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Built in 1937 for an adhesive manufacturer to a design by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott, it is a prominent local example of Streamline Moderne architecture. It served for many years as the headquarters of the Polaroid Corporation. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] It is now owned by The Bulfinch Companies of Needham, Massachusetts.[2] Description and historyThe former B and B Chemical Company building is located in the Cambridgeport neighborhood of Cambridge, on the east side of Memorial Drive between River Street and Pleasant Street Extension. It is a basically rectangular structure, with a four-story central section flanked by three-story wings. It has a frame of steel and concrete, and is mainly faced in buff brick. The central section is recessed from the wings, but a projecting cornice on the wings extends over the recess area to provide a curved canopy over the entrance. The central part of the center section is even taller, with a projecting rounded window bay topped by a clock face. The wings are symmetrical, with the ground floor composed mainly of glass blocks interspersed with regularly spaced horizontal windows. The upper floors are defined by long bands of horizontal windows.[3] The building was designed by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch & Abbott and built in 1937 for the B and B Chemical Company, a subsidiary of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. The facility, which include a more simply designed second building behind this one, produced adhesives used in the shoe manufacturing process at other plants. It later served as the headquarters for the Polaroid Corporation for many years.[3] It is now owned by The Bulfinch Companies, and is occupied by Nimbus Discovery, a biotechnology firm. See also
References1. ^1 {{NRISref|2008a}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}{{DEFAULTSORT:B And B Chemical Company}}2. ^{{cite web|title=The Polaroid Building-784 Memorial Drive|url=http://www.bulfinch.com/Properties/Office#33|publisher=The Bulfinch Companies, Inc.|accessdate=7 August 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://mhc-macris.net/Details.aspx?MhcId=CAM.257|title=MACRIS inventory record and NRHP nomination for B & B Chemical Company|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|accessdate=2015-05-22}} 5 : Industrial buildings completed in 1937|Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts|Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts|Streamline Moderne architecture in Massachusetts|National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。