Whitehead Pottery
In operation 1922-1928
Wares
Porcelain tiles (Industrial Directory 1927)
Notes
The Whitehead Pottery moved to the Central Porcelain Company site on New York Avenue around 1929.
Selected References
Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1922-1928. Fitzgerald’s Trenton and Mercer County Directory, Together with a Directory of Bordentown, Burlington, Mount Holly and Lambertville, NJ. Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Trenton, New Jersey.
New Jersey Bureau of Statistics and Records, Department of Labor. 1927. The Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey.
Other Names
Whitehead Pottery Company; Whitehead Pottery; Emil Grossman Pottery; Christie-Williams Company; Security Pottery Company; General Porcelain Manufacturing Company
Block and Lot:
229E/22
Historic Street Address:
Foskett Avenue off Brunswick Avenue; Foskett rear of 763 Brunswick Avenue
Municipality:
City of Trenton
Map Gallery
Map References
Sanborn Map Company. 1927. Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. (Vol. 1, plate 77: shown as “Whitehead Pottery Co.”)
Franklin Survey Co. 1930. Real Estate Plat‑Book of the City of Trenton and Borough of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Franklin Survey Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Plate 33: shown as “Whitehead Pottery Co.”)
Sanborn Map Company. 1955. Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Volume 1. Revised from 1927 map. Sanborn Map Company, New York, New York. (Shown as “General Porcelain Mfg. Co.”)