American Tobacco Campus
From 1874-1987, this National Historic Landmark was the headquarters of American Tobacco Company, the worlds largest cigarette manufacturer. In 2001, Capitol Broadcasting bought the one million-sq-ft complex and began one of the most ambitious, largest, and farthest-reaching historic preservation and renovation projects in the history of NC, transforming the campus into offices, restaurants, retail, meeting spaces, on-site parking garage, and residences-all encompassing a courtyard with an amphitheatre and a .25-mile long cascading waterway.
Directions:
I-85 North (arriving from Atlanta, Charlotte, Greensboro, etc.):
- Take exit #177 (Roxboro St/Hwy 15-501 Business South) and merge right.
- Following “Downtown” signs, merge right onto Mangum St.
- Travel approximately 2 miles to Willard St.
- American Tobacco Historic District is on the right, near the Durham Fwy (Hwy 147).
I-85 South (arriving from NY, DC, VA, etc.):
- Take exit #177 (Roxboro St/Hwy 15-501 Business South)
- Continue across Avondale Dr to Roxboro St/15-501 Business South, and turn left.
- Following "Downtown" signs, merge right onto Mangum St.
- Travel approximately 2 miles to Willard St.
- American Tobacco Historic District is on the right, near the Durham Fwy (Hwy 147).
I-40 East (arriving from Memphis, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, etc):
- I-40 East and I-85 North merge in Greensboro, NC.
- When highways divide near Hillsborough, NC, take I-85 North into Durham.
- Take exit #177 (Roxboro St/Hwy 15-501 Business South) and merge right.
- Following "Downtown" signs, merge right onto Mangum St.
- Travel approximately 2 miles to Willard St.
- American Tobacco Historic District is on the right, near the Durham Fwy (Hwy 147).
I-40 West (arriving from Wilmington, Fayetteville, Raleigh, etc.):
- Take exit #279-B (Durham Fwy/Hwy 147 North).
- Follow Durham Fwy for approximately 7 miles.
- Take exit #12-B (Roxboro St).
- Proceed straight across Roxboro St.
- American Tobacco Historic District is on the right, at Blackwell St.
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