It features brick chimney flues projecting above the metal sheathed roof.

[1] The firm of Hightower & Barksdale began manufacturing plug chewing tobacco in 1855.

The workforce was originally composed of slaves either belonging to the factory owners or hired from local planters.

They have carefully preserved the graffiti and stenciling as a record of the factory's fascinating history.

This article about a property in Halifax County, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.