Fifty six residences constructed for property owners 55 and older. Seabird Drive is the address of the complex. The street takes its meaning form one of the airplane models formerly constructed on the site. During the twentieth century three major industries occupied this land: 1907-1916: Standard Cast Iron Pipe Foundry. During World War I: Merchant Shipyard. 1920-1962: Several aircraft factories including Huff Deland, Keystone, Fleetwing, and Kaiser Fleetwing. At the opposite end of the property was the building number 13 constructed for the shipyard, later used by Manhattan Soap, Purex Soap, and Dial Soap which closed December 2000.
Fifty six residences constructed for property owners 55 and older. Seabird Drive is the address of the complex. The street takes its meaning form one of the airplane models formerly constructed on the site. During the twentieth century three major industries occupied this land: 1907-1916: Standard Cast Iron Pipe Foundry. During World War I: Merchant Shipyard. 1920-1962: Several aircraft factories including Huff Deland, Keystone, Fleetwing, and Kaiser Fleetwing. At the opposite end of the property was the building number 13 constructed for the shipyard, later used by Manhattan Soap, Purex Soap, and Dial Soap which closed December 2000.
