Imperial Tobacco Company Building

416 N. Mullins St., Mullins, South Carolina. County/parish: Marion.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 03, 1984. NRIS 84003820.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Marvel Lighting Company Building

From Wikipedia:

Imperial Tobacco Company Building

Imperial Tobacco Company Building, also known as the Marvel Lighting Company Building, is a historic tobacco processing facility located at Mullins, Marion County, South Carolina. It was built between 1908 and 1913 by the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Inc., and at its construction was the largest redrying plant in Mullins. It consists of a three-story, brick main block, with stepped parapets and ten additions of varying age. The plant was used to buy, dry, and export tobacco.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/118996392

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