Brooklyn Tobacco Factory
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Brooklyn Tobacco Factory | |
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| Location | VA 650 N side, 0.25 mi. E of jct. with VA 820, Brooklyn, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°40′46″N 79°8′43″W / 36.67944°N 79.14528°WCoordinates: 36°40′46″N 79°8′43″W / 36.67944°N 79.14528°W |
| Area | 3.9 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | c. 1855 |
| Architect | Crosby, Dabney M., Jr. |
| NRHP Reference # | 95001559[1] |
| VLR # | 041-0259 |
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| Added to NRHP | January 22, 1996 |
| Designated VLR | October 18, 1995[2] |
Brooklyn Tobacco Factory, also known as the Hightower & Barksdale Tobacco Factory, is a historic tobacco factory located at Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, brick building with a gable roof. It features brick chimney flues projecting above the metal sheathed roof. Also on the property are two contributing pack houses (c. 1880) and the ruins of a log house (c. 1855). The factory was designed and built by Dabney Cosby, Jr., son of the Jeffersonian workman, Dabney Cosby, Sr. The factory remained in operation until 1881.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ↑ J. Daniel Pezzoni (August 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brooklyn Tobacco Factory" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
External links
- Brooklyn Tobacco Factory, 16040 River Road, Brooklyn, Halifax County, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
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