Emhart Manufacturing Company Headquarters (Bloomfield, CT): Exterior view in winter

Creator:

Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909-1990
De Blois, Natalie, 1921-
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1939-

Published/Created:

Bloomfield, CT
1961-1962

Notes:

Demolished 2003. Emhart Corporation was a multinational company located in Farmington, Connecticut; merged with Black & Decker in 1989; products included machines for the manufacture of glass bottles and shoes; filling, sealing and packaging machinery; security systems; electronics; chemical products; metal fasteners; rubber processing equipment; Emhart's domestic roots begin with the American Hardware Company, founded in New Britain, Connecticut, in 1902.

Variant Titles:

Emhart Corporation Headquarters; Emhart Building (Bloomfield, CT)

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

International Style

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

3553-079

Genre:

administration buildings (AAT)
architecture (AAT)
office buildings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Photograph discovered by Dean Robert Stern in Rudolph Hall, 2009; © Ezra Stoller Associates.

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 305067

OID:

573429

PID:

digcoll:2080403