ON November 25, 1969, the huge, ten-building complex of the Squibb pharmaceutical plant in Brooklyn, New York, was purchased by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a legal agency for Jehovah’s witnesses. These interconnected buildings are located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, just across the East River from the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan. At one time Squibb company had some 800 workers employed at this plant.

Some of the smaller buildings in the present complex date back to about 1858. However, the three thirteen-floor reinforced concrete buildings, which include nearly two-thirds of the floor space of the complex, were constructed much later.

The first of these was erected in 1925 on the east side of Columbia Heights. Four years later an even larger building was added on the west side of Columbia Heights. This structure is connected to the 1925 building by an over-the-street bridge. Then, in 1940, the large thirteen-floor extension was added to the west building. The following year the newest addition was made, it being a seven-story building.

In all, the acquisition adds 632,792 square feet of floor space to the headquarters facilities of Jehovah’s witnesses.

Truly, with such a demand for Bible literature, it is most appropriate that Jehovah’s witnesses should now come into possession of an additional conveniently located ten-building complex of factories!