Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District

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Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District
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Lancaster Arts Hotel (Rosenbaum Tobacco Warehouse), August 2011
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LocationHarrisburg Ave. at N. Mulberry St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′47″N76°18′45″W / 40.04639°N 76.31250°W / 40.04639; -76.31250
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1874–c. 1881
Architectural styleTobacco Warehouse
MPS Tobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP reference No. 90001393 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 21, 1990

The Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District is an historic tobacco warehouse complex and national historic district in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

History and architectural features

This historic district includes four contributing buildings which were built between 1874 and roughly 1881. All four buildings are brick buildings which were used for the processing and storage of cigar leaf tobacco. Two of the four buildings were built in 1874 and known as the C. August Bitner Tobacco Warehouse. The third was built circa 1880 as the Pritzfield & Co. Tobacco Warehouse, and the fourth was built sometime around 1881 as the Rosenbaum Tobacco Warehouse. [2] The Rosenbaum Tobacco Warehouse is now occupied by the Lancaster Arts Hotel.

This complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on September 14, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2012.Note: This includes Gloria O. Becker (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2012.