North Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District

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N. Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District
Tobacco Ave HD Lancaster.JPG
N. Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District, October 2010
LocationRoughly bounded by N. Shippen St., Tobacco Ave., and E. Fulton St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1880
Architectural styleTobacco Warehouse
MPSTobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP reference No.90001402[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 21, 1990

North Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District is a historic cigar factory and tobacco warehouse complex and national historic district located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It 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), J.R. Russel Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1880), and J. Best Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1880). All four buildings are brick buildings over stone foundations 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "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). [[[:Template:NRHP-PA]] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Shippen–Tobacco Avenue Historic District"] (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-26. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)