Teller Brothers–Reed Tobacco Historic District

Teller Brothers–Reed Tobacco Historic District
Teller Brothers–Reed Tobacco Historic District, August 2011
Location N. Prince St., 200 block, E side, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°2′35″N 76°17′38″W / 40.04306°N 76.29389°W / 40.04306; -76.29389Coordinates: 40°2′35″N 76°17′38″W / 40.04306°N 76.29389°W / 40.04306; -76.29389
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1877
Architectural style Other, Tobacco Warehouse
MPS Tobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP reference # 90001406[1]
Added to NRHP September 21, 1990

Teller Brothers–Reed Tobacco Historic District is a historic cigar factory and tobacco warehouse complex and national historic district located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It includes five contributing buildings, built between about 1865 and 1900. They are the John F. Reed & Co. Cigar Factory (c. 1865), J.R. Bitner Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1880), Lancaster Paint Works (c. 1900), and two warehouses associated with the Teller Brothers, built about 1877 and 1885. All five buildings are brick buildings over stone foundations, 2 1/2- to 4 stories tall, and used for the processing and storage of cigar leaf tobacco.[2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Gloria O. Becker (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Teller Brothers–Reed Tobacco Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-26.


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