Former Joseph & Feiss (Hugo Boss) (Cleveland, Ohio)
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Cleveland, Ohio /
West 53rd Street, 2149
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This site served as the main production facility, warehouse, stock rooms and administrative offices of clothing manufacturer Joseph & Feiss Co. from 1900-1996. Established in 1841 Joseph & Feiss is the oldest manufacturer of men's clothing in the U.S. and at one time was one of the main garment makers that made Cleveland the third largest garment center in America after New York and Chicago.
Originally located in downtown Cleveland, the company constructed a small shop on West 53rd Street in 1900, which was later to become part of the Administration building. A two story addition was added in 1905. On site manufacturing operations expanded significantly in 1907 with the extension of the factory to the east of the Administration Building. Manufacturing space was tripled in 1921, and a four story warehouse was constructed immediately to the East of the factory, creating the then, largest clothing factory in the U.S.
Joseph & Feiss produced and sold clothing under the Cricketeer, Country Britches, Geoffrey Beene, Cricketeer Tailored Woman, Cricket Club and Collegiate Gothic brands. In 1966 the company merged with Phillips Van Heusen, and was subsequently acquired by Germany based Hugo Boss in 1989. At one time the factory employed over 2,500 workers, but employment fell after other plants were established in Brooklyn, Ohio and elsewhere.
The plant was closed in 1996 and the factory buildings demolished in 2003-2004, leaving the Administration Building and the Warehouse standing. The site has been nominated for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.
www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/docs/nr/feiss.pdf
Originally located in downtown Cleveland, the company constructed a small shop on West 53rd Street in 1900, which was later to become part of the Administration building. A two story addition was added in 1905. On site manufacturing operations expanded significantly in 1907 with the extension of the factory to the east of the Administration Building. Manufacturing space was tripled in 1921, and a four story warehouse was constructed immediately to the East of the factory, creating the then, largest clothing factory in the U.S.
Joseph & Feiss produced and sold clothing under the Cricketeer, Country Britches, Geoffrey Beene, Cricketeer Tailored Woman, Cricket Club and Collegiate Gothic brands. In 1966 the company merged with Phillips Van Heusen, and was subsequently acquired by Germany based Hugo Boss in 1989. At one time the factory employed over 2,500 workers, but employment fell after other plants were established in Brooklyn, Ohio and elsewhere.
The plant was closed in 1996 and the factory buildings demolished in 2003-2004, leaving the Administration Building and the Warehouse standing. The site has been nominated for placement on the National Register of Historic Places.
www.ohiohistory.org/resource/histpres/docs/nr/feiss.pdf
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°28'23"N 81°43'17"W
- I-90 OH Exit 169: West 41st Street, 44th Street 0.5 km
- Max S. Hayes Vocational High School, John Marshall High School and the Cleveland School of the Arts 0.7 km
- I-90 OH Exit 167B: Route 10 (Lorain Avenue) 1.6 km
- Park Ohio Products 1.7 km
- Warwick Products - Plant 2 2.1 km
- Advanced Wire Forming 2.1 km
- City of Cleveland - Ridge Road Transfer Station 2.1 km
- Cleveland Illuminating Co,. - Brooklyn Service Center 2.1 km
- Buckeye Metal 3.1 km
- Martin Enterprises Recycling 3.6 km
- Zone Park 0.4 km
- I-90 OH Exit 169: West 41st Street, 44th Street 0.7 km
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School 0.7 km
- H Barbara Brook Elementary School 0.8 km
- West 65th Street Plaza 1.1 km
- Darling Industries 1.2 km
- former K Mart 1.2 km
- I-90 OH Exit 167B: Route 10 (Lorain Avenue) 1.3 km
- Ohio City Neighborhood 1.5 km
- Primera Iglesia Bautista 1.6 km
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