Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company (Huntington, West Virginia)
Encyclopedia
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company is a historic factory
building located at Huntington
, Cabell County, West Virginia
. The original building was built in 1917, and is a four story, red brick, Commercial Style warehouse building, measuring 140 by. At the rear of the building is an addition built in 1920. It is a two story, red brick, Commercial Style warehouse building, measuring 210 by. Also on the property is the redrying plant, built in 1910. It is a long, one story brick industrial building with a gable roof. The complex was built by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
as a tobacco warehouse and cigarette factory.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1998.
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
building located at Huntington
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...
, Cabell County, West Virginia
Cabell County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 96,784 people, 41,180 households, and 25,490 families residing in the county. The population density was 344 people per square mile . There were 45,615 housing units at an average density of 162 per square mile...
. The original building was built in 1917, and is a four story, red brick, Commercial Style warehouse building, measuring 140 by. At the rear of the building is an addition built in 1920. It is a two story, red brick, Commercial Style warehouse building, measuring 210 by. Also on the property is the redrying plant, built in 1910. It is a long, one story brick industrial building with a gable roof. The complex was built by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
Liggett Group
Liggett Group , formerly known as Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, is the fourth largest tobacco company in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Durham, North Carolina, though its manufacturing facility is 30 miles to the west in Mebane, North Carolina...
as a tobacco warehouse and cigarette factory.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1998.