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Moss Tobacco Factory

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Moss Tobacco Factory
LocationMain and 7th Sts., Clarksville, Virginia
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1855 (1855)
NRHP reference No.79003054[1]
VLR No.192-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 21, 1979
Designated VLR[2]
Removed from NRHPMarch 19, 2001

Moss Tobacco Factory was a historic tobacco factory located at Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was built about 1855, and was a 3 1/2-story, brick building with a gable roof erected in two sections. The Moss Tobacco Factory operated until 1862. It later housed an exchange or auction house for the sale of tobacco and as a tobacco warehouse.[3] It was demolished in February 1980.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and delisted in 2001.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Moss Tobacco Factory" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo