Calpak Plant No. 11
The Calpak Plant No. 11 in Sacramento, California, is a building built in 1925. Calpak (later renamed "Del Monte Foods") constructed the building as a fruit cannery but it is now used by Blue Diamond Almonds[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
Calpak Plant No. 11 | |
Calpak Plant No. 11 in 2015, showing the non-historic canopy addition at the main entry | |
| Location | 1721 C Street Sacramento, California |
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| Coordinates | 38°35′09″N 121°28′49″W |
| Area | 5.6 acres (2.3 ha) |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Philip Bush |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000939[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 17, 1984 |
History
The plant was designed by Calpak's Engineering Department Chief, Philip Bush.[1] When it was built, it was one of the largest fruit canneries in the world.[1] The plant contained 250,000 square feet and had a 100,000 square foot warehouse area.[1] At its peak, the plant employed 2,500 workers, who were mostly women.[3] By the time Plant No. 11 had opened, Calpak had also become the largest packing and canning company in the world.[1] The plant packed peaches, pears, tomatoes, pumpkin, squash, spinach, carrots and beets.[1]
Calpak had four Del Monte canneries located in Sacramento and only Calpak Plant No. 11 survives.[4] Blue Diamond Growers purchased the plant from the California Packing Company in 1982.[4]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Burg, William (2011-03-11). "Sacramento's Canneries: the Other Half of Our Industrial heritage". Midtown Monthly: Sacramento & Beyond. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- "The Big Tomato". Midtown Sacramento.
- "C Street Industrial Historic District Plan" (PDF).