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The Nipper Building is a colloquial name for ''The Victor'' condominiums, and formerly, Building 17, RCA Victor Company, Camden Plant. The structure is a historical building located in Cooper Grant neighborhood of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. For many years Camden was the headquarters of the Victor Talking Machine Company, later RCA Victor. Originally a Victrola cabinet factory, the building was converted into luxury apartments and retail space in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Landmark living on the Camden Waterfront. )〕 ==History== The Nipper Building, now known as 'The Victor', was originally constructed during 1909-1916, by the architectural and engineering firm of Ballinger & Perrot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RCA Victor Company, "Nipper Building" Rehabilitation )〕 Francis Barraud, an unknown British artist, painted a picture of his brother's dog, sitting attentively in front of a phonograph. "Nipper", the alert Fox Terrier, became the best known dog in the world. The painting, called ''His Master's Voice'', was sold to the British Gramophone Company Ltd. and eventually became the trademarks of both the Gramophone Company and its new American affiliate, the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1901. The Radio Corporation of America absorbed the Victor Company in 1929 and the acquisition included the Camden manufacturing plant and the "His Master's Voice" trademark.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About RCA - Nipper and Chipper )〕 The four stained glass windows in the buildings tower depicting the Nipper trademark were originally installed in 1915 and were illuminated at night. In 1968, RCA introduced a new corporate logo and de-emphasized both the "Victor" and Nipper trademarks. The windows were removed from the tower in 1969 and replaced with RCA's new logo painted on large sheets of plywood. Beginning in 1976, partly in response to public demand, the Nipper trademark was reinstated to many RCA products and used again in RCA advertising. On April 10, 1979, RCA held a ceremony in Camden dedicating four new stained glass windows, identical to the originals, which had been reinstalled in the tower. The new windows were made by D’Ascenzo Studios of Philadelphia, the same firm which had constructed the originals, 65 years earlier. These windows were damaged by neglect and vandals after General Electric, which had absorbed RCA in 1986, vacated the building in the 1990s. The damaged windows were replaced in 2003 after the building was acquired by Dranoff Properties and converted into loft apartments. During the 1970s and 1980s some parts of the building were used by the RCA Government Systems Division, Government Communications Systems Division, for the development of computer systems for the U.S. intelligence community. The Nipper Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nipper Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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