A. B. Hess Cigar Factory, and Warehouses
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A. B. Hess Cigar Factory, and Warehouses is a historic
cigar A cigar is a rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco leaves made to be smoked. Cigars are produced in a variety of sizes and shapes. Since the 20th century, almost all cigars are made of three distinct components: the filler, the binder l ...
factory and tobacco warehouse complex located at Lancaster,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the south central part of Pennsylvania. ...
. The complex consist of four rectangular red brick buildings, three to five stories tall. They are the R. H. Brubaker Tobacco Warehouse including the Koenig & Co. Warehouse (c. 1880-1881), the Franklin H. Bare Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1880-1881), and the A. B. Hess Cigar Factory (c. 1905-1908). ''Note:'' This includes The buildings have been converted to residential use. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. They are located in the North Shippen-Tobacco Avenue Historic District.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hess, A. B., Cigar Factory, and Warehouses Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Commercial buildings completed in 1881 Industrial buildings completed in 1908 Historic district contributing properties in Pennsylvania Cigar factories on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1908 establishments in Pennsylvania Warehouses on the National Register of Historic Places 1881 establishments in Pennsylvania Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Pennsylvania