{"nrhp_refnum":"07000804","name":"Southern Bagging Company","other_names":["Builders Supply Co.","Spaghetti Warehouse","DHR Number 122-0993"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1900 Monticello Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norfolk (Independent City)","county":"Norfolk","state":"VA","lat":36.86565092300003,"lon":-76.28366645999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick industrial building at 1900 Monticello Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, erected around 1918 for the manufacture of bags used to ship cotton and agricultural products. The Margolius family owned it; its first floor is now a restaurant.","why_significant":"The building is the only surviving structure tied to Norfolk's bagging industry, which the Margolius family dominated. It also retains more integrity than comparable local warehouses and shows early 20th century industrial design, with brick walls, pilasters, large industrial windows and a wood post-and-beam interior.","narrative":"Built around 1918 at 1900 Monticello Avenue in Norfolk, this three-story brick building first housed the Southern Bagging Company, which made jute bags and ties for shipping cotton and other agricultural goods through the Norfolk harbor. Brothers Benjamin and David Margolius, whose family ran several bagging businesses in the city, bought the block in 1918. The company moved two blocks north in 1923, and the building later served as a building supplies business from 1924 to 1964. It stands in an industrial area along a railroad spur to Lamberts Point. The walls are laid in American bond brick with a corbelled cornice, pilasters and segmental arches, and the interior keeps its wood posts and beams and original metal industrial windows on the upper floors. A restaurant has occupied the first floor since 1991. It is the last surviving building linked to Norfolk's bagging trade and retains more integrity than similar local warehouses.","period_of_significance":"1918-1923","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"First story converted to a restaurant in 1991; upper stories retain much of their original open space, with some partition walls and roof damage noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.390124-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/6821/41682165/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000804.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000804/5709ebab86-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000804/5709ebab86-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Bagging_Company.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Bagging_Company.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000530","name":"Williamston-Woodland Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/williamston-woodland-historic-district-14000530/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682165","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Bagging_Company","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900354"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/norfolk/southern-bagging-company-07000804/"}