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Consumers Cigar Box Company, also known as Red Lion Woodcraft Inc., is a historic
factory A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. ...
located at Red Lion,
York County, Pennsylvania York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...
. It was built in 1921, with additions in 1925 and 1935-1936. It is a large two-story, "L"-shaped building. It is built of
concrete block A concrete masonry unit (CMU) is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction. CMUs are some of the most versatile building products available because of the wide variety of appearances that can be achieved using them. Tho ...
and brick with a gable roof and stepped
parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). ...
. Cigar boxes were manufactured until the 1950s. The building housed various manufacturing operations until 1979. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1999. It is located in the
Red Lion Borough Historic District The Red Lion Borough Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Red Lion Borough in York County, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. History and architectural features Th ...
.


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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Industrial buildings completed in 1921 Industrial buildings completed in 1936 Buildings and structures in York County, Pennsylvania Cigars Tobacco buildings in the United States National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania