American Cigar Company (Norfolk, Virginia) should not be confused with American Cigar Company (Trenton, New Jersey).
American Cigar Company | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | June 18, 2009[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 122-0658 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | 1148 E. Princess Anne Rd., Norfolk, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.8558°N -76.2708°W |
Built: | c. |
Architect: | Albert F. Huntt (attributed to) |
Architecture: | Early Commercial |
Added: | September 3, 2009 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 09000690 |
American Cigar Company are two historic cigar factory buildings located at Norfolk, Virginia. The buildings were built about 1903 and consist of a stemmery and the boiler room. Albert F. Huntt is credited as the architect. The American Cigar Co. was created in 1901 as a subsidiary of the American Tobacco Company.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The stemmery is a four-story, rectangular brick building on a concrete foundation. It has a flat roof and corbelled cornice. The boiler room building is a two-story, three-bay, brick building on a brick foundation.