Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District

Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District is a historic tobacco warehouse complex and national historic district located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It includes four contributing buildings built between 1874 and about 1881. All four buildings are brick buildings 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 about 1880 as the Pritzfield & Co. Tobacco Warehouse, and the fourth was built about 1881 as the Rosenbaum Tobacco Warehouse.[2] The Rosenbaum Tobacco Warehouse is now occupied by the Lancaster Arts Hotel.

Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District
Lancaster Arts Hotel (Rosenbaum Tobacco Warehouse), August 2011
LocationHarrisburg Ave. at N. Mulberry St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°2′47″N 76°18′45″W
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1874-c. 1881
Architectural styleOther, Tobacco Warehouse
MPSTobacco Buildings in Lancaster City MPS
NRHP reference No.90001393[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 21, 1990

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

References
  1. "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 Gloria O. Becker (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harrisburg Avenue Tobacco Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-26.


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