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Rice Tobacco Factory

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Built
  
1922 (1922)

Opened
  
1922

Added to NRHP
  
15 August 1985

NRHP Reference #
  
85001902

Area
  
5,700 m²

Rice Tobacco Factory

Location
  
112 N. Cherry St., Greenville, Kentucky

MPS
  
Greenville Kentucky MRA

The Rice Tobacco Factory is a historic tobacco factory located at 112 N. Cherry St. in Greenville, Kentucky. The factory was built in 1922 by S.E. Rice, whose S.E. Rice Company was founded in 1904. Tobacco had been Muhlenberg County's largest cash crop throughout the 19th century, and the region became known for its variety, called "Greenville Tobacco". The Rice factory, however, was the last building built in Greenville for tobacco production. It is now the only surviving commercial building connected to the city's tobacco industry.

The factory was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 15, 1985.

References

Rice Tobacco Factory Wikipedia