Philip Morris Blended Leaf Complex Historic District

Philip Morris Blended Leaf Complex Historic District
Location 2301 Maury St., Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°30′46″N 77°27′0″W / 37.51278°N 77.45000°W / 37.51278; -77.45000Coordinates: 37°30′46″N 77°27′0″W / 37.51278°N 77.45000°W / 37.51278; -77.45000
Area 12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built 1952 (1952)
NRHP reference # 100001049[1]
Added to NRHP June 5, 2017

The Philip Morris Blended Leaf Complex Historic District encompasses a complex of tobacco storage and processing facilities at 2301 Maury Street in Richmond, Virginia. Included in the 12-acre (4.9 ha) site are a series of warehouses and cigarette-making factories developed beginning in the 1950s. Philip Morris USA built this complex in part to capitalize on advances in machinery that greatly increased the production speed of cigarettes.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Philip Morris Blended Leaf Complex Historic District" (PDF). Virginia DHR. Retrieved 2017-10-24.


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