W.T. Blackwell & Co. Tobacco Factory, also known as Bull Durham Tobacco Factory is a tobacco factory in Durham, North Carolina.
The W.T. Blackwell Company was started as a partnership between W.T. Blackwell and Julian S. Carr. Construction of the main factory building was completed in 1874.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
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