N. Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District | |
 N. Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District, October 2010 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by N. Shippen St., Tobacco Ave., and E. Fulton St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°2′34″N 76°17′37″W / 40.04278°N 76.29361°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1880 |
| Architectural style | Tobacco Warehouse |
| MPS | Tobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001402[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 21, 1990 |
The North Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District is an historic, American cigar factory and tobacco warehouse complex and national historic district located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
History and architectural features
This district includes eight contributing buildings, four of which were previously listed as the A. B. Hess Cigar Factory, and Warehouses. They are the Consolidated Cigar Co., consisting of the M. Oppenheimer and J. Bunzl & Sons warehouses (c. 1880), the J.R. Russel Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1880), and the J. Best Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1880). All four structures are brick buildings that sit on stone foundations; all were used for the processing and storage of cigar leaf tobacco.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Gloria O. Becker (March 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2012.
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