Moss Tobacco Factory

Moss Tobacco Factory
Location Main and 7th Sts., Clarksville, Virginia
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1855 (1855)
NRHP Reference # 79003054[1]
VLR # 192-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 21, 1979
Designated VLR [2]
Removed from NRHP March 19, 2001

Moss Tobacco Factory was a historic tobacco factory located at Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was built about 1855, and was a 3 1/2-story, brick building with a gable roof erected in two sections. The Moss Tobacco Factory operated until 1862. It later housed an exchange or auction house for the sale of tobacco and as a tobacco warehouse.[3] It was demolished in February 1980.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and delisted in 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moss Tobacco Factory" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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