General Stores and Mold Loft Building-Harriman Yard of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, Bristol

Name: General Stores and Mold Loft Building-Harriman Yard of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation
Address: Bristol, United States

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General Stores and Mold Loft Building-Harriman Yard of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, also known as Manhattan Soap Company Warehouse, is a historic warehouse located at Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1917, and is a three-story, rectangular reinforced concrete building. The warehouse building was one of a complex of approximately 30 buildings constructed by the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation at Harriman Yard during World War I. In 1925, it was acquired by the Manhattan Soap Company, which was acquired by the Purex Corporation in 1956. It was later used as a manufacturing facility for Dial soap until 2000. ()

Built: 1917 (107 years ago)Coordinates: 40°6'12"N, 74°50'31"W

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General Stores and Mold Loft Building-Harriman Yard of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Oxford Valley Mall, Burlington–Bristol Bridge, Pennsbury Manor, St. Mary's Episcopal Church.

5.9 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Oxford Valley Mall, Langhorne
152 min walk • The Oxford Valley Mall is a two-story shopping mall, managed and 85.5 percent-owned by the Simon Property Group, that is located next to the Sesame Place amusement park near Langhorne in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Its department stores are JCPenney and Macy's.
2.1 miSW
Bridge
Burlington–Bristol Bridge, Burlington
55 min walk • The Burlington–Bristol Bridge is a truss bridge with a lift span crossing the Delaware River from Burlington, New Jersey to Bristol Township, Pennsylvania in the United States. Construction of the bridge started on April 1, 1930, and the bridge opened to traffic on May 2, 1931.
4.4 miNE
Historical place, Museum
Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville
112 min walk • Pennsbury Manor is the colonial estate of William Penn, founder and proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania, who lived there from 1699 to 1701. He left it and returned to England in 1701, where he died penniless in 1718. Following his departure and financial woes the estate fell into numerous hands and disrepair.
2.1 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington
54 min walk • St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal parish in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The original church was built in 1703. It was supplemented with a new church on adjacent land in 1854.
3.9 miN
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Phineas Pemberton House, Levittown
101 min walk • Phineas Pemberton House, also known as the Bolton Mansion, is a historic home located in Bristol Township, Levittown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It consists of four connected structures built between 1687 and 1790.
3.1 miNE
Museum
Fallsington Historic District, Levittown
81 min walk • The Fallsington Historic District is a historic district in Fallsington, Pennsylvania. The district's history spans over 300 years. While William Penn resided at nearby Pennsbury Manor, he attended Friends meeting in Fallsington. The center of the district is Meetinghouse Square, where the first meetinghouse was built in 1690.
0.5 miW
Tower
Grundy Mill Complex, Bristol
14 min walk • The Grundy Mills Complex or Bristol Worsted Mills in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania includes 13 textile mill buildings built from 1876–1930, by the William H. Grundy Co. It operated as a worsted mill until 1946 and still is used for industrial operations.
5.3 miW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Arenas and stadiums
TD Bank Amphitheater, Bensalem
137 min walk • The Penn Community Bank Amphitheater is an amphitheater located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. It was previously known as TD Bank Amphitheater, Commerce Bank Amphitheater, and Bensalem Performing Arts Center. The amphitheater is located in Bensalem Township's Central Park at 2400 Byberry Road, adjacent to the Municipal Complex.
0.8 miSW
Church
Church of St. James the Greater, Bristol
20 min walk • The Church of St. James the Greater is an Episcopal church located in the heart of the Bristol Historic District in Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania and the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
6.6 miNW
Museum, History museum, Romanesque architecture
Langhorne Library, Langhorne
168 min walk • Langhorne Library is a historic library building located at Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1888, and is a cruciform-shaped, 1 3/4-story, brick structure in a Victorian-Romanesque Revival style. It has a steep, slate covered hipped roof, a narrow cross-gable over the entrance, and smaller gables.
4.6 miSW
City
Beverly
117 min walk • Beverly is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 2,577, reflecting a decline of 84 from the 2,661 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 312 from the 2,973 counted in the 1990 Census.

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Which popular attractions are close to General Stores and Mold Loft Building-Harriman Yard of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation?

Nearby attractions include Jefferson Avenue School, Bristol (10 min walk), Grundy Mill Complex, Bristol (14 min walk), Church of St. James the Greater, Bristol (20 min walk).