{"nrhp_refnum":"99001289","name":"United Cigar Manufacturing Company","other_names":["General Cigar Company","York City Cigar Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 N. Penn St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York City","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.96266734200003,"lon":-76.73822731399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick former cigar factory on a lot at the corner of Smyser and North Penn Streets in York City, York County, Pennsylvania, built in 1907 for the United Cigar Manufacturing Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its association with the cigar making industry in York City, where it was among the first facilities built by a large national cigar firm, and for its early-twentieth-century tobacco-related architecture, with its corbeled brick decoration and open interior spaces. It is described as one of only a handful of early-twentieth-century cigar factories remaining in the city.","narrative":"Built in 1907 for the United Cigar Manufacturing Company, this three-story brick factory on North Penn and Smyser Streets in York City was one of the first large cigar plants established in the city by a national firm. Its open interior floors housed every stage of hand cigar production, from stemming tobacco on the first floor to drying and packing on the third. Corbeled brickwork, segmentally arched windows and a shallow gable roof give the building its late-Victorian industrial character. Cigars were last made there in 1932, after which the company used the first floor for printing and leased upper floors to clothing manufacturers. The building is regarded as one of the few early-twentieth-century cigar factories still standing in York, and its reflection of the region's hand-rolled cigar trade gives it its importance. The 1919 strike at the plant, which the company settled quickly, also marks a notable episode in the local labor history of the industry.","period_of_significance":"1907-1932","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant for several years after the printing and sewing operations ended; the document also states it is undergoing conversion into an apartment house under the Investment Tax Credit for Historic Rehabilitation program.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.399338-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/99001289.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001289/e2d2691a78-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001289/e2d2691a78-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Cigar_York_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Cigar_York_PA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79002371","name":"York Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/york-historic-district-79002371/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998872","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Cigar_Manufacturing_Company_building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7887602"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/united-cigar-manufacturing-company-99001289/"}