Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks, Inc. Complex

United States historic place


Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks Inc. Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Front and eastern side of the complex
39°8′36.10″N 84°32′18.75″W / 39.1433611°N 84.5385417°W / 39.1433611; -84.5385417
Architectural style	Classical Revival and Early Commercial^[1]
NRHP reference No.	05001186^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 27, 2005^[1]

Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks Inc. Complex is a registered historic building in Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on October 27, 2005.

Built in 1918, the complex was originally home to the Oesterlein Machine tool plant. In the 1930s, the Fashion Frocks dress company acquired the property and manufactured women's clothing.^[2] Fashion Frocks also made parachutes during World War II. Currently, the complex is home to the American Sign Museum and loft apartments.^[3]

Historic uses

Manufacturing Facility
Industrial Storage

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
^ Middle Earth Developers. Machine Flats: The Neighborhood. Retrieved on February 6, 2010.
^ Cliff Radel. Sign Museum plans bigger home in Camp Washington Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. "Cincinnati Enquirer". January 30, 2007. Retrieved on February 6, 2010.