{"nrhp_refnum":"77000935","name":"Lorillard Snuff Mill","other_names":["Old Snuff Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off U.S. 1","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.85989678550004,"lon":-73.87653451661663,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-12-22","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-12-22","areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story fieldstone mill with a full basement on the east bank of the Bronx River, within the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York. It was built about 1840 by the P. Lorillard Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest extant tobacco factory in the United States. It was built by the P. Lorillard Company, described as the nation's oldest tobacco manufacturer. The mill symbolizes the role of tobacco in American social and economic life, and the company's changing products reflected the evolution of American tobacco use.","narrative":"Built about 1840 on the east bank of the Bronx River, this fieldstone mill is now part of the New York Botanical Garden. It replaced earlier Lorillard snuff mills on or near the site, where river-driven grindstones ground tobacco into snuff. The P. Lorillard Company, founded in New York in 1760, moved its main factory to the Bronx River in 1792. Production at the mill apparently ended around 1870, when the company opened a large plant in Jersey City. The building later served as a police station and a carpentry shop, and was given to the Botanical Garden in 1915. It was restored in the 1950s as a restaurant and meeting place, with the river side altered but the other facades retained. The mill is considered the oldest surviving tobacco factory in the country, and it reflects the long evolution of American tobacco manufacturing from snuff to plug, cigars and cigarettes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1840-70; 1792-1870)","architect_builder":"P. Lorillard Company","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored in the 1950s as a public restaurant and Garden meeting place, with two apartments for Garden staff on the second floor; the exterior is little altered and the building is structurally sound.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.203546-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/77000935_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000935/5b7ab448d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000935/5b7ab448d4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorillard-snuff-mill.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorillard-snuff-mill.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"67000009","name":"New York Botanical Gardens","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/new-york-botanical-gardens-67000009/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315647","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorillard_Snuff_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6681207"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/lorillard-snuff-mill-77000935/"}