{"nrhp_refnum":"83003303","name":"Hasker and Marcuse Factory","other_names":["American Can Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2401-2413 Venable St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53821841800004,"lon":-77.41407857499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 4- to 5-story brick factory at 2401-2413 Venable Street in the Union Hill section of Richmond, Virginia, built in stages between 1893 and about 1915 for the Hasker & Marcuse Manufacturing Company, makers of printed tin boxes and tags for tobacco.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the factory is significant under Criterion A in industrial history for its role in developing polychromatic tin printing for tobacco packaging. The company was one of the earliest tin-printing establishments in the country to use offset lithography, a process that later became the main method in paper printing. It was also the only tin-printing firm in Richmond and unique there for making tin boxes on such a large scale.","narrative":"Rising four to five stories along Venable Street in Richmond's Union Hill neighborhood, this brick factory was built in stages between 1893 and about 1915. It housed the Hasker & Marcuse Manufacturing Company, which made printed, multicolored tin boxes and tin and paper tags for chewing tobacco. Heavy timber columns and beams, load-bearing masonry, segmental-arched windows and stepped parapets give the building a distinct industrial character that contrasts with the modest dwellings nearby. The company grew alongside Richmond's large tobacco manufacturers, whose brand-name marketing relied on decorated packaging shipped along the East Coast. Its work is also tied to the development of offset lithography, a process first perfected for printing on tin and later adopted across the paper printing industry. Hasker & Marcuse was the only tin-printing firm in Richmond. After joining the American Can Company in 1901, the plant kept producing tobacco tins until the machinery was moved in 1951.","period_of_significance":"1893-1915","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Occupied at the time of nomination; the exterior retains nearly all original features and the interior is virtually original, though the fenestration is deteriorated and slated for repair in planned rehabilitation. The printing machinery was removed in 1951.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.994627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/6832/41683221/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83003303.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003303/2c4b1646cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003303/2c4b1646cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hasker_and_Marcuse_Factory_Richmond_VA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hasker_and_Marcuse_Factory_Richmond_VA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683221","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasker_and_Marcuse_Factory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16892156"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/hasker-and-marcuse-factory-83003303/"}