American Cigar Company (Trenton, New Jersey)

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American Cigar Company Building
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The building under reconstruction
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Location176 Division Street, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°12′44.3″N74°44′41.0″W / 40.212306°N 74.744722°W / 40.212306; -74.744722
Built1903
NRHP reference No. 11000965
NJRHP No.5052 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 2011
Designated NJRHPOctober 6, 2011

The American Cigar Company Building in the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, New Jersey was established in 1903 by Albert Gold. [2] In 1931 it employed 840 workers. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 and has been converted into residential lofts. [4]

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References

  1. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. January 22, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2013.
  2. "Sold American!": The First Fifty Years [1904-1954]. American Tobacco Company. 1954. p. 63.
  3. Industrial Directory of New Jersey. Newark: New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. 1931.
  4. "Chambers Lofts". Ajax Management.