North Prince Street Historic District

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North Prince Street Historic District
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LocationRoughly N. Prince St. and W. Lemon St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′39″N76°18′33″W / 40.04417°N 76.30917°W / 40.04417; -76.30917 Coordinates: 40°2′39″N76°18′33″W / 40.04417°N 76.30917°W / 40.04417; -76.30917
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
NRHP reference No. 89001054 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1989

The North Prince Street Historic District is an historic, American tobacco warehouse complex and national historic district located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]

History and architectural features

This district includes seven contributing buildings that were built roughly between 1881 and 1913, including the Baumgardner Brothers Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1881), the Standard Caramel Company Factory (1906), the S.R. Moss Cigar Company (1907), the Otto Eisenlohr Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1907), and the William Levy/Joseph Goldberg/Block Brothers Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1909, c. 1911, c. 1913). All seven structures are brick buildings that are two to five stories tall; six of the seven were used for the processing and storage of cigar leaf tobacco. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Betsy Updike and Mary Wiley Myers (1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Prince Street Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-26.