Bullington Warehouse
Bullington Warehouse | |
 Bullington Warehouse, March 2007 | |
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| Location | 500 N. Duke St., Durham, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°0′10″N 78°54′22″W / 36.00278°N 78.90611°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003448[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 1982 |
Bullington Warehouse is a historic tobacco storage warehouse located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States. It was built in 1927, and is a three-story Romanesque style brick structure divided into four units by projecting corbeled firewalls. Each unit has approximately 10,000 square feet per floor, giving a total of about 123,000 square feet. It is an example of "slow burn" masonry and wood factory construction. It was the last in a series of brick tobacco storage warehouses, unique in their architectural style, begun in 1897 and ending with this warehouse in 1927.[2] The building has been converted to residential use.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Elizabeth M. Mansell (May 1982). "Bullington Warehouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
Categories:
- Tobacco buildings in the United States
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Romanesque Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Industrial buildings completed in 1927
- Buildings and structures in Durham, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Durham County, North Carolina
- Durham County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs