Life Savers Building is a historic commercial and industrial building located on North Main Street between Horton and Wilkins Avenues at

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. 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

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, brick, and

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. It featured larger-than-life replicas of Life Savers rolls at the foundation line. ''See also:'' 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."About Real Estate; A Troubled Port Chester Project's Second Effort," ''New York Times'', By Andree Brooks, Published: August 25, 1989
/ref> It was added to the

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in 1985. The larger than life replicas of Life Savers have since been removed.

Gallery

File:PortChesterNY LifesaversBuilding Entry.jpg, Closeup of entry, November 2012 File:LifeSaversBuildingPortChesterNY1.jpg, Life Savers Building September 2016 File:LifeSaversBuildingPortChesterNY2.jpg, Life Savers Building September 2016 File:Lifesaver factory, Port Chester, New York LCCN2017706657.tif, Some of the giant Life Saver rolls that previously lined the building, 1976.

References

External links

Historical Treasures of Westchester County: Life Savers Building
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Industrial buildings completed in 1920 Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York Port Chester, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York 1920 establishments in New York (state) Confectionery industry {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub