O. C. Barber Creamery | |
Location | Barberton, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 41°0′25″N 81°35′33″W / 41.00694°N 81.59250°W |
Built | 1909 |
Architect | O.C. Barber |
NRHP reference No. | 73001539 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 22, 1973 |
The O. C. Barber Creamery, built in 1909, is an historic farm building located at 365 Portsmouth Avenue on the Anna-Dean Farm in Barberton, Ohio. It was built by American businessman and industrialist Ohio Columbus Barber, the developer of both Barberton, which he envisioned as a planned industrial community, and the nearby 3,500-acre (14 km²) Anna-Dean Farm, which he envisioned as a prototype for modern agricultural enterprise. Barber was called America's Match King because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company.[2]
The Creamery was used to process and bottle the milk produced on the Anna-Dean Farm and to make ice cream, all of which was sold under the Anna Dean Farm brand name. Up to 10,000 pounds of milk were processed per day.[3]
On May 22, 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.