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Garrett Snuff Mill

Coordinates: 39°48′31″N 75°40′26″W / 39.80861°N 75.67389°W / 39.80861; -75.67389
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Garrett Snuff Mill
Yorklyn Snuff Mill Warehouses, July 2008
Garrett Snuff Mill is located in Delaware
Garrett Snuff Mill
Garrett Snuff Mill is located in the United States
Garrett Snuff Mill
LocationJct. Delaware Route 82 and Yorklyn Rd., Yorklyn, Delaware
Coordinates39°48′31″N 75°40′26″W / 39.80861°N 75.67389°W / 39.80861; -75.67389
Area17 acres (6.9 ha)
Built1846 (1846)-1901
NRHP reference No.78000913[1]
Added to NRHPMay 22, 1978

Garrett Snuff Mill, also known as the George W. Helme Company, is a historic snuff tobacco mill complex located at Yorklyn, New Castle County, Delaware. The complex includes 14 contributing buildings built between 1846 and 1901. The buildings are architecturally unified as most are built of brick, with the two earliest mills constructed of stone. The Garrett family introduced the manufacture of snuff to Delaware. The complex housed a snuff manufacturing operation until 1954.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] The buildings were later incorporated into the Garrett Snuff Mills Historic District.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Joan M. Norton and Dean E. Nelson (November 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Garrett Snuff Mill". National Park Service. and accompanying eight photos
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