Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and Industrial Historic District

Architectural style Art Deco, Commercial VLR # 123-5424 Area 9.7 ha Added to NRHP 27 August 2009		NRHP Reference # 09000665 Designated VLR June 18, 2009 Year built 1879

Location 200-300 W. Washington, 4-42 S. Market, 100-100 Perry, 200-300 block W. Wythe, 200 block Brown Sts., Petersburg, Virginia

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and Industrial Historic District is a national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes 15 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object located in a predominantly industrial and commercial section of Petersburg. The section housed some of Petersburg’s important industries – tobacco and wholesale grocery and confectioner. Notable buildings include the Cameron Building (c. 1879), Export Leaf Tobacco Company (1913), H.P. Harrison Company (1912), Brown & Williamson complex, and Gibson Drive-in.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

References

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and Industrial Historic District Wikipedia

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