James Mills Storehouse, also known as the Old Tobacco Warehouse, is a historic store located at Urbanna,

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. It was built between 1763 and 1767, and is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular brick structure on a raised brick basement. It has a gable roof and full width front porch. It is a rare if not unique survivor of the type of storehouse which, being run by a resident factor of a British company, was not only connected with the sale of tobacco but which housed imported goods to be bought on credit by the planters. an
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in 1972.

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Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, VA
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(HABS) Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1767 Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Virginia Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia 1767 establishments in Virginia Tobacco buildings in the United States {{MiddlesexCountyVA-NRHP-stub