North Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District
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.
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
See also
- Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District, Lancaster
- Teller Brothers–Reed Tobacco Historic District, Lancaster
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
References
- ^ "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.
