Hess, A. B., Cigar Factory, and Warehouses

231 N. Shippen St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Lancaster.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 24, 1982. NRIS 82003792.

4 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

A. B. Hess Cigar Factory, and Warehouses

A. B. Hess Cigar Factory, and Warehouses is a historic cigar factory and tobacco warehouse complex located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The complex consist of four rectangular red brick buildings, three to five stories tall. They are the R. H. Brubaker Tobacco Warehouse including the Koenig & Co. Warehouse (c. 1880-1881), the Franklin H. Bare Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1880-1881), and the A. B. Hess Cigar Factory (c. 1905-1908). The buildings have been converted to residential use.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. They are located in the North Shippen-Tobacco Avenue Historic District.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993145

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