THE SITE INCLUDES A MAIN BUILDING, U SHAPED, TWO-STORY COMPLEX WITH A BASEMENT, AND A SERVICE GARAGE BUILDING. ESSER PAINT COMPANY MANUFACTURED OIL-BASED AND LATEX PAINTS FROM 1940 TO 1982 IN THIS SITE.
THE DIAMOND-VOGEL PAINT COMPANY PURCHASED THE ESSER PAINT COMPANY IN
1982, AND CHANGED ITS CORPORATE NAME TO GALENA REDEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION ON NOVEMBER 4, 1997. THERE ARE 18 UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANKS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 3,000 - 8,000 GALLONS ON THE SITE.