SEAMCO Shipping Center
726 Howard Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510
The "SEAMCO Shipping Center" spells it out in modern chrome lettering on this utilitarian brick garage. Five large doors and nine punched windows give the building its rhythm. Part of a collection of buildings that belonged to the Seamless Rubber Company, this postwar structure comes relatively late in the game. Now belongs to Yale.
The 1973 fire insurance map shows a group of SEAMCO buildings, including a main hall, paper converting, separate areas for ice and glass, a shipping center, and other specialized buildings for rubber production and distribution.
The site of rubber company buildings from the late nineteenth century, over time filling up the block between Howard, Congress, and Daggett streets: a small rubber manufacturing district built up during the first two decades of the twentieth century.
Researcher
Lauren Ritz
Date Researched
Entry Created
June 4, 2017 at 8:47 AM EST
Last Updated
December 7, 2017 at 10:02 PM EST by null
Historic Name
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Current Use
Era
1950-1980Neighborhood
OtherTours
Preservation & Renewal towards Trowbridge SquareYear Built
early 1960's
Architect
Unknown
Current Tenant
Yale University Medical School
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Owner
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Client
Seamless Rubber Company
Historic Uses
Sanborn Map 1886 (annotations by L. Ritz)
Sanborn Map 1901 (annotations by L. Ritz)
Sanborn Map 1924 (annotations by L. Ritz)
Sanborn Map 1973 (annotations by L. Ritz)
Google Earth 2010
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