story ▁att ic , ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁German ▁Col onial ▁style ▁of ▁architecture . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 7 6 0 s , ▁the ▁colonial ▁Mor av ians ▁processed ▁ 1 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 ▁animal ▁h ides ▁at ▁the ▁T ann ery ▁ann ually ▁and ▁produced ▁a ▁large ▁variety ▁of ▁le ather ▁products ▁such ▁as ▁cl othing , ▁sho es , ▁har ness es , ▁and ▁mach in ery ▁parts . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁most ▁prof itable ▁tr ades . ▁When ▁trade ▁with ▁England ▁ended ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution , ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁le ather ▁rose ▁significantly . ▁Le ather ▁bo ots , ▁caps , ▁co ats , ▁bu ckets , ▁and ▁s add les ▁were ▁in ▁high ▁demand ▁for ▁the ▁Cont inental ▁Army . ▁The ▁T ann ery ▁increased ▁processed ▁animal ▁h ides ▁to ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁ann ually . ▁▁ ▁The ▁T ann ery ▁was ▁operated ▁by ▁the ▁Mor av ians ▁until ▁ 1 8 2 9 ▁and ▁t anning ▁ceased ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁rising ▁price ▁of ▁tan b ark . ▁The ▁structure ▁was ▁converted ▁into ▁a ▁multi - family ▁dwell ing ▁and ▁was ▁then ▁used ▁for ▁various ▁operations . ▁The ▁building ▁eventually ▁d eter ior ated ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁becoming ▁a ▁ten ement ▁house ▁surrounded ▁by ▁an ▁autom obile ▁j unk ▁yard . ▁ ▁“ It ▁is ▁interesting ▁to ▁note ▁that , ▁when ▁the ▁T ann ery ▁was ▁constructed ▁in