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Lorillard Snuff Mill

New York, New York
County of Bronx.
New York Botanical Gardens
National Register Number: 77000935
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Industry/Processing/Extract. - manufacturing.
Congressional District: NY-23 Certified Local Government: YES
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Current use/information: Restaurant.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 22, 1977):
Constructed 1840 in by the P. Lorillard Company, the Lorillard Snuff Mill is the nation's oldest extant tobacco factory and a symbol of the importance of tobacco in the development of commerce and industry in the 19th century.


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