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This article presents the history and architecture of redbrick tobacco factories in Durham. A trend has started in which tobacco warehouses are being converted to restaurants, businesses, and apartments.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p60-63, il
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23508
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Famous for confessing to literally chewing up all the negative votes against locating what is now East Carolina University in Greenville, W. Haywood Dail, Jr., was a farmer, tobacconist, car dealer, builder, brick maker, tobacconist, highway commissioner, and avid horse racer. Dail made the brick for the first buildings at ECU.
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19230
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The state leads the nation in brick production, manufacturing and shipping 839 million bricks in 1983. Prevalence of brick also influenced the state's architecture with many of the state's talented designers choosing to work with this material. Some of the more recent architectural designs, especially in the Charlotte area, are highlighted.
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11176
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William S. Jones is president and CEO of Boren Clay Products Company, which was founded in 1946 by Orton and Addison Boren. Company headquarters are in Pleasant Garden near Greensboro. Jones is featured in this month's WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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