Bull Durham Tobacco Factory
United States historic place in Durham, North Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
W.T. Blackwell & Co. Tobacco was a tobacco manufacturer in Durham, North Carolina. It was best known as the original producer of Bull Durham Tobacco, the first nationally marketed brand of tobacco products in the United States. The Blackwell tobacco factory in Durham, built in 1874, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It is included in the American Tobacco Company Manufacturing Plant historic district, and is now occupied by apartments.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 201 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, NC |
| County | Durham County |
| Listed | Sep 10, 1974 |
| Reference number | 74001346 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 201 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, NC |
| Coordinates | 35.99402, -78.90417 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Guilford Courthouse National Military Park · 53 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Crosswinds Campgrounds 18 mi |
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Nearby in Durham County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001346. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.