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The complex was constructed beginning in 1938 by the United States Tobacco Company. [3] Model Tobacco was the company's bestselling brand, and was one of many brands produced at the factory. [3] The site consists of ten contributing structures, grouped primarily in three sections: a six-story factory, a power plant, and storage warehouses. [3]
In 1911 the American Tobacco Company was found to be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and was split into competing companies American Tobacco, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard, and others. [5] Lorillard ended up buying the warehouse complex in Madison, and its name was long painted across the end of the 1901 building.
The area was vacated by the tobacco companies by the late 1980s. Following completion of Richmond's James River Flood Wall in 1995, led by Richmond developer William H. Abeloff, many of the old warehouses of Tobacco Row were modernized and converted into developments of loft apartments, condominiums, offices, and retail space along part of the restored canal system.
Pages in category "Tobacco buildings in the United States" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
2001–present – U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company; During the 19th century, chewing tobacco was distributed throughout the United States by George Weyman. Weyman was the inventor of Copenhagen Snuff, [8] and after his death, Weyman & Bros was acquired by the American Tobacco Company. [9] It is today known as the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company. [10]
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