W. T. Blackwell and Company
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See Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco for the popular tobacco brand produced by W.T. Blackwell and Company.
W.T. Blackwell & Co. Tobacco was a tobacco manufacturer in Durham, North Carolina. It was best known as the original producer of Bull Durham Tobacco, the first nationally marketed brand of tobacco products in the United States. The Blackwell tobacco factory in Durham, built in 1874, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977.[2][3] It is included in the American Tobacco Company Manufacturing Plant historic district, and is now occupied by apartments.
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Bull Durham Tobacco Factory | |
Location | 201 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°59′38″N 78°54′16″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1874 (1874) |
Architectural style | Italianate |
Part of | American Tobacco Company Manufacturing Plant (ID00001163) |
NRHP reference No. | 74001346[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 10, 1974 |
Designated NHL | December 22, 1977[2] |
Designated CP | September 29, 2000 |
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