Liberty Warehouse Nos. 1 and 2

	Liberty Warehouse Nos. 1 and 2
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	611-613 Rigsbee Ave., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°00′05″N 78°54′00″W / 36.00139°N 78.90000°W
Area	2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	1938, 1948
Architect	Harris, I.G.
MPS	Durham MRA
NRHP reference No.	08000774
Added to NRHP	August 6, 2008

Liberty Warehouse Nos. 1 and 2, also known as Liberty Warehouse No. 3 and Liberty Warehouse, was a historic tobacco auction warehouse complex located at Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. It was built in two sections in 1938 and in 1948. Together it was an expansive frame structure on a brick foundation with low-pitched, front-gabled roofs supported by massive timber columns. The last loose-leaf tobacco auctions were held in downtown Durham in the 1980s.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1] In May 2011 a portion of the roof collapsed^[3] and demolition of the building began in July 2014.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Cynthia de Miranda (January 2008). "Liberty Warehouse Nos. 1 and 2" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
^ "Historic Liberty Warehouse to be demolished; condos and stores to replace it". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
^ "Demolition of Liberty Warehouse in Durham begins". 31 July 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Cynthia de Miranda (January 2008). "Liberty Warehouse Nos. 1 and 2" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

[3] "Historic Liberty Warehouse to be demolished; condos and stores to replace it". Retrieved 2015-09-17.

[4] "Demolition of Liberty Warehouse in Durham begins". 31 July 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

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