American Tobacco Historic District
The American Tobacco Historic District is a historic tobacco factory complex and national historic district located in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 14 contributing buildings and three contributing structures built by the American Tobacco Company and its predecessors and successors from 1874 to the 1950s. Located in the district is the separately listed Italianate style W. T. Blackwell and Company building (1874-1880, c. 1904). Other notable contributing resources are the Romanesque Revival style Hill Warehouse (1900), Washington Warehouse (1902–07), the Lucky Strike Building (1901–02), and Reed Warehouse; Noell Building (c. 1930); Power Plant and Engine House (1929–39); and the Art Moderne style Fowler (1939) Strickland (1946) and Crowe (1953) buildings.
American Tobacco Company Manufacturing Plant | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
American Tobacco Campus, September 2012 | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by W. Pettigrew St., Blackwell St., Willard St. and Carr St., Durham, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°59′43″N 78°54′17″W |
| Area | 14.6 acres (5.9 ha) |
| Built | 1874, 1899, 1911 |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Romanesque, Art Moderne, et al. |
| MPS | Durham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 00001163 |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 2000 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as the American Tobacco Company Manufacturing Plant.