Wentzville Tobacco Company Factory

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Wentzville Tobacco Company Factory
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Wentzville Tobacco Company Factory Monument, September 2014
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Location406 Elm St., Wentzville, Missouri
Coordinates 38°48′37″N90°51′5″W / 38.81028°N 90.85139°W / 38.81028; -90.85139
Arealess than one acre
Built1885 (1885)
NRHP reference No. 90001024 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 5, 1990

Wentzville Tobacco Company Factory was a historic tobacco factory located at Wentzville, St. Charles County, Missouri. It was built in 1885, and was a 2 1/2-story, three bay by six bay brick building with timber framing. It measured approximately 40 feet by 90 feet and had a gable roof with long shed dormers. [2] :2

Despite being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, the historic building was demolished in 2002 and replaced with a parking lot. A historic marker was placed next to the parking lot on the site of the former building. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Barb Eisenbath Mittelbuscher and Steven Mitchell (March 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wentzville Tobacco Company Factory" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 3 photographs)