This warehouse has huge historical significance in America, and is a historical landmark now. Once the hotspot of American tobacco. The Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 532 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the city of Danville. The district reflects the late-19th century and early-20th development of Danville as a tobacco processing center and includes residential, commercial, and industrial buildings reflecting that growth. It also includes archaeological sites related to early Native American settlements in the area. Notable buildings include the American Tobacco's Harris Building, the Imperial Tobacco Company Building, Cabell Warehouse, Patton Storage Units (c. 1940), Crowell Motor Company, Municipal Power Station (1912), Riverside Cotton Mill #1 (1886), and a variety of "shotgun" houses and bungalow workers housing. Located in the district are the separately listed Danville Municipal Building and Danville Southern Railway Passenger Depot.

Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Virginia Landmarks Register

Imperial Tobacco Company warehouse in 1978

Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District is located in VirginiaDanville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District

Location : Danville, Virginia

Area : 260 acres

Built : 1793

Architectural style : Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, Carpenter Gothic, Colonial Revival

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.