Eisenlohr-Bayuk Tobacco Historic District
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Built between 1911 and about 1935 on North Water Street in northern Lancaster, this district is a group of ten brick tobacco warehouses and a 1923 brick smokestack. Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., a Philadelphia firm with Lancaster operations, built the eastern group from 1911 to 1921, starting with Building A, a two-and-one-half story curing and sorting shed with clerestory windows for grading leaf. The Bayuk Cigar Co. built the western group from 1923, with larger flat-roofed buildings of industrial windows and parapets. Buildings G and I were raised by about 1935. The two groups differ in scale and ornament, which shows changes in the tobacco industry. Used for sweating, aging and storing cigar leaf, the district is significant as an intact example of this building type. Its integrity is regarded as very high, and it is among the few operating tobacco processing sites left in the city.
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| Period of significance | 1911-1940 |
|---|---|
| Areas of significance | Industry, Architecture |
| Acreage | 4.8 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Eisenlohr-Bayuk Tobacco Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.