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1900 E Cary, Philip Morris building
Built 1893-1927, Philip Morris cigarette factory until about 1990
2800 E Cary, Climax warehouse
Built 1899, American Tobacco leaf storage
2100 E Cary, Edgeworth building
Larus & Brother Company (1921-25); later Edgeworth pipe tobacco factory. In 1925, WRVA radio began broadcasting from a studio in the warehouse
2200 E Cary, Carolina warehouse
Built 1900, American Tobacco; later P. Lorillard leaf storage
2201 E Cary, Consolidated Cigar building
P. Lorillard cigar factory (1926); later Consolidated Cigar
2300 E Cary, Whitlock building
Whitlock branch cigar factory (ca. 1903) of American Tobacco; later P. Lorillard; then Philip Morris leaf storage
2400 E Cary, Cameron building
Cameron & Co. smoking tobacco factory (ca. 1885); later American Tobacco leaf department
2500 E Cary, Kinney building
Kinney & Co. (ca. 1885), by 1893 Allen & Ginter branch of American Tobacco; after 1911, American Tobacco stemmery and cigarette factory until 1980s
2600 E Cary, Lucky Strike building
Built 1929-30, American Tobacco cigarette factory made Lucky Strike and Pall Mall brands until 1981 |