Greenville, North Carolina Warehouse Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Why it's listed
Two storage warehouses on Clark Street in Greenville, North Carolina, were added to an existing tobacco warehouse district covering about four-tenths of an acre. The contributing building, Storage Warehouse #2, was built about 1905 for the American Tobacco Company. It is a one-story rectangular brick building of 12,315 square feet with a low gable roof, raked parapets, skylights and walls laid in randomly mixed red, yellow, brown and orange brick. Inside, heavy timber posts reflect slow-burn construction suited to aging tobacco in hogsheads. After the company's Greenville plant closed in 1927, a leaf dealer used it, and later a hammock company. The second building, a frame warehouse first built about 1905 and enlarged about 1916, was covered in brick veneer in the 1970s and is counted as noncontributing. The addition was justified by the warehouse's local importance to Greenville's commerce and industry and its distinctive early-twentieth-century tobacco architecture, which strengthens the original district's western corner.
Significance in brief: The American Tobacco Company Storage Warehouse #2 (ca. 1905) is argued to be locally significant under Criterion A for its role in Greenville's tobacco commerce and industry. It is also significant under Criterion C as one of the finest examples of early-twentieth-century tobacco architecture in the city, with slow-burn construction and unusual multicolored brickwork. The second warehouse is noncontributing because 1970s alterations overwhelmed its original construction.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 99001450, listed November 30, 1999. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Eleventh St. near Clark St., Greenville |
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| County | Pitt County |
| Listed | November 30, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99001450 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1905 - 1947 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Industrial Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Commerce, Industry, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Storage Warehouse #2 is still in use as a warehouse, with a 1950s wing housing a maintenance facility. Modern features were removed from it after the 1997 listing. The other building is a remodeled warehouse with brick veneer. |
| Acreage | 0.4 |
| Coordinates | 35.60389, -77.37707 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 99001450.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19867143
- This listing as JSON
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