| Philadelphia Watch Case Company Building | |
| Coordinates: | 40.04°N -74.9594°W |
| Added: | January 31, 1978 |
| Refnum: | 78001747 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | April 15, 1977 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 865[1] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The Philadelphia Watch Case Company Building is located at Pavilion and Lafayette Avenues near the Riverside station in Riverside Township of Burlington County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1978, for its significance in architecture, industry, and entertainment.[2]
In 1852, Samuel Bechtold began constructing the oldest part of the building, the Pavilion Hotel. In 1892, Theophilus Zurbrugg, owner ofthe Philadelphia Watch Case Company, purchased it. In 1906, the company started construction of the larger building, completed in 1908.[2]