Built c. 1855 (1855) NRHP Reference # 95001559 Designated VLR October 18, 1995 Added to NRHP 22 January 1996 | Architect Crosby, Dabney M., Jr. VLR # 041-0259 Area 2 ha | |
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Location VA 650 N side, 0.25 mi. E of jct. with VA 820, Brooklyn, Virginia | ||
Brooklyn Tobacco Factory, also known as the Hightower & Barksdale Tobacco Factory, is a historic tobacco factory located at Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia. It was built about 1855, and is a two-story, brick building with a gable roof. It features brick chimney flues projecting above the metal sheathed roof. Also on the property are two contributing pack houses (c. 1880) and the ruins of a log house (c. 1855). The factory was designed and built by Dabney Cosby, Jr., son of the Jeffersonian workman, Dabney Cosby, Sr. The factory remained in operation until 1881.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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