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E. A. Wildman & Co. Tobacco Warehouse

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62: 48: 810: 87: 240:. It is long (167 feet (51 m)), with three sections. The front two, a total of sixteen bays long, were built on site, while the rear four bays are an originally separate warehouse that was moved to the site in 1901. This rear section is an extremely rare example of a rural packing barn. The building has a five-bay facade, with a single-story shed-roof porch across its width, and the entrance at the center. 821: 94: 69: 247:, New Milford was a major producer of cigar wrapping tobacco leaf, and supported twelve packing and warehousing operations. The Wildman Warehouse was one of the first to be built by a commercial packer, where earlier leaf packing operations had typically been run by farmers. Edward Wildman was a native of 699: 845: 794: 730: 714: 850: 264: 704: 789: 735: 860: 376: 756: 658: 689: 623: 588: 663: 568: 528: 353: 628: 618: 613: 593: 709: 543: 458: 578: 573: 448: 668: 633: 538: 513: 653: 603: 583: 558: 548: 533: 523: 508: 488: 463: 453: 443: 673: 648: 553: 493: 473: 468: 438: 428: 608: 563: 503: 478: 433: 740: 638: 518: 483: 694: 643: 598: 498: 236:
The Wildman Tobacco Warehouse is a 2-1/2 story frame structure standing on the south side of Bridge Street in central New Milford, between Middle Street and the tracks of the
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The warehouse's front section was built in 1870, the early period in the region's development as a tobacco growing area. By
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is a historic commercial/industrial building at 34 Bridge Street (
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in 1988. The building has most recently served as a hotel.
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E. A. Wildman & Co. Tobacco Warehouse is located in Connecticut
E. A. Wildman & Co. Tobacco Warehouse is located in the United States
New Milford, Connecticut
41°34′35″N 73°24′43″W / 41.57639°N 73.41194°W / 41.57639; -73.41194
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United States Route 202
New Milford, Connecticut
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