1200-1300 Adams Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19124
© Barbara M. Auwarter and Joyce
Halley, Workshop of
the World (Oliver Evans Press, 1990).
James Bromley's sprawling mill complex
bordering Frankford Creek and encompassing two city
blocks on Adams Avenue first appears in the Philadelphia
City Atlas of 1910. 1
In subsequent Atlases of
1920 and 1929, 2
the name of the mill is
Alirene Mills and is still owned by James Bromley. During
those two decades, the mill grew from one large building
to the size it is today.
As is the case with many large mills and mill complexes
in Frankford, the premises are shared today by a diverse
group of manufacturers: the Anchor Dyeing & Finishing
Company, the R.F. Loeb Company, Yankee Chemical, the
Silva Company, Amicale Industries, the Woonsocket
Spinning Company, J. S. Vila, and the I. Rice &
Company (Manufacturers of Flavors, Syrups, Sundae
Toppings, and Bakery Specialties Established in 1884).
1 Philadelphia City
Atlas, 1910,
23rd Ward, Plate 3
2
Philadelphia City
Atlas, 1920,
23rd Ward, Plate 3; also, Philadelphia City
Atlas, 1929,
3rd Ward, Plate 3.
Update May
2007 (by Torben
Jenk):
Advertised as the "1300 Adams Avenue Industrial Complex,"
this multi-tenant space seems mostly vacant. Many windows
survive and the interior glows when the sun shines
through the building.