West Brothers Knitting Company

West Brothers Knitting Company
Location700-710 Emerson Ave., Syracuse, New York
Coordinates43°03′18″N 76°11′26″W / 43.05500°N 76.19056°W / 43.05500; -76.19056
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1906 (1906)-1907, 1945, 1958
ArchitectWright, Gordon A.
MPSIndustrial Resources of the City of Syracuse MPS
NRHP reference No.14000582
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 2014

West Brothers Knitting Company is a historic knitting mill located in the Westside neighborhood of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. West Brothers was built in 1906–1907, and is a three-story, 20 bay by 6 bay, red brick mill building with a raised basement. It is of standard mill construction. The front facade features a three-bay, four-story elevator tower. The West Knitting Corporation moved to Wadesboro, North Carolina in 1928. The mill later housed a corrugated paper container manufacturer, the Gray Brothers Boot & Shoe Manufacturing Company, and most recently a manufacturer of a wide variety of air filters.:5,7–9

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.