Smith Warehouse
Smith Warehouse | |
 Smith Warehouse, September 2013 | |
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| Location | 100 N. Buchanan Blvd., Durham, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°0′5″N 78°54′57″W / 36.00139°N 78.91583°W |
| Area | 5.1 acres (2.1 ha) |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Norman Revival |
| MPS | Durham MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85002429[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 16, 1985 |
Smith Warehouse is a historic tobacco storage warehouse located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in 1906, and is a two-story Romanesque style brick structure divided into 12 70-foot-wide units by projecting corbeled firewalls. The building measures 850 feet long and 100 feet wide and features ornamental brickwork. It is an example of "slow burn" masonry and wood factory construction. It was the last of the 12 brick tobacco storage warehouses erected by The American Tobacco Company trust beginning in 1897.[2] The building has been converted for academic and administrative uses.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Claudia Roberts Brown (June 1984). "Smith Warehouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
Categories:
- Tobacco buildings in the United States
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Romanesque Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Industrial buildings completed in 1906
- Buildings and structures in Durham, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Durham County, North Carolina
- 1906 establishments in North Carolina
- Durham County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs