The Smaltz Building, also known as the Smaltz-Goodwin Building, is an historic, American

factory A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. Th ...

building that is located in the Callowhill neighborhood of

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. Added to the

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in 2005, it is a

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to the

Callowhill Industrial Historic District Callowhill Industrial Historic District is a national Historic district (United States), historic district located in the Callowhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 31 c ...

History and architectural features

Built in 1911, this historic structure is a ten-story, eleven-bay by five-bay, reinforced concrete building. It originally housed the Smaltz-Goodwin women's shoe manufacturer until 1933 and was then home to a variety of clothing manufacturers. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

in 2005. It is a

to the

. Between 2012 and 2016 the Post Brothers development company rehabbed the Smaltz Building into the first LEED Gold certified residential high-rise in Philadelphia, opening the building as The Goldtex apartment community in January 2016.

Gallery

File:Goldtex Under Construction (November 2012).jpg, Smaltz Building, early rehabilitation stage by Post Brothers

References

External links

Goldtex Apartments

Post Brothers , Apartments in Philadelphia
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Industrial buildings completed in 1911 Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania Callowhill, Philadelphia 1911 establishments in Pennsylvania Shoe factories