American Tobacco Company Prizery
American Tobacco Company Prizery | |
American Tobacco Company Prizery, September 2014 | |
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Location | 619 N. Herritage St., Kinston, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°16′9″N 77°34′57″W / 35.26917°N 77.58250°WCoordinates: 35°16′9″N 77°34′57″W / 35.26917°N 77.58250°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1901 |
Architectural style | Heavy Timber Mill Construction |
NRHP Reference # | 05000350[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 28, 2005 |
American Tobacco Company Prizery, also known as the Nantucket Warehouse, is a historic tobacco prizery located at Kinston, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was built in 1901 by the American Tobacco Company, and is a two-story, load-bearing brick building that was constructed in five phases beginning about 1901. It was enlarged between 1901 and 1908, and in 1925, 1930 and 1949. It has a complex roof structure and features stepped parapets, large segmental arched openings, and thick, load-bearing masonry walls and heavy slow-burn timber posts.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Jeffrey S. Smith and Susannah Franklin Buss (November 2003). "American Tobacco Company Prizery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
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