Bullington Warehouse


Bullington Warehouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bullington Warehouse, March 2007
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Location	500 N. Duke St., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°0′10″N 78°54′22″W / 36.00278°N 78.90611°W / 36.00278; -78.90611Coordinates: 36°0′10″N 78°54′22″W / 36.00278°N 78.90611°W / 36.00278; -78.90611
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1927 (1927)
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	82003448^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 30, 1982

Bullington Warehouse is a historic tobacco storage warehouse located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. 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

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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.

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