This is a list of notable packing houses. A packing house is a building where fruits, oysters, or other items are packed for shipping and distribution and there exist thousands of them in agricultural areas.
in England The main purpose of packing warehouses in England was the picking, checking, labelling and packing of goods for export. The packing warehouses: Asia House, India House and Velvet House along Whitworth Street in Manchester were some of the tallest buildings of their time.
in the United States A number of historically significant packing houses in the United States are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Notable packing houses include: J.C. Rhew Co. Packing Shed, Providence, Arkansas, NRHP-listed Anaheim Packing House, Anaheim, California"New food hall Anaheim Packing House celebrates grand opening on Saturday", Los Angeles Times, 2014-05-29"Ready for a new culinary walkabout? Anaheim Packing House is here", Orange County Register Elephant Packing House, Fullerton, California, NRHP-listed Frances Packing House, Irvine, California, NRHP-listed New York Belting and Packing Co., Newtown, Connecticut, NRHP-listed Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District, DeLeon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed N. G. Arfaras Sponge Packing House, Tarpon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed E. R. Meres Sponge Packing House, Tarpon Springs, Florida, NRHP-listed Auburndale Citrus Growers Association Packing House, Auburndale, Florida, NRHP-listed Marion S. Whaley Citrus Packing House, Rockledge, Florida, NRHP-listed J. C. Palumbo Fruit Company Packing Warehouse Building, Payette, Idaho, NRHP-listed Midland Packing Company, Sioux City, Iowa, NRHP-listed Rath Packing Company Administration Building, Waterloo, Iowa, NRHP-listed Portland Packing Company Factory, Portland, Maine, NRHP-listed J. C. Lore Oyster House, Maryland, NRHP-listed Mississippi Mills Packing and Shipping Rooms, Wesson, Mississippi, NRHP-listed Bivalve Oyster Packing Houses and Docks, Bivalve, New Jersey, NRHP-listed Rudolph Oyster House, West Sayville, New York, NRHP-listed De Mores Packing Plant Ruins, Medora, North Dakota, NRHP-listed Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company Alderbrook Station, Astoria, Oregon, NRHP-listed Seacoast Packing Company, Beaufort, South Carolina, NRHP-listed The Corner Packing Shed, Frogmore, South Carolina, NRHP-listed Earle R. Taylor House and Peach Packing Shed, Greer, South Carolina, NRHP-listed Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed, Mission, Texas, NRHP-listed Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant, Vashon, Washington, NRHP-listed Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building, Janesville, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed
References
Further reading The Story of the Bale. Manchester: Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Ltd, Princess Street, 1926