Situated just south of the Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential Historic District, between the city’s historic Almagro neighborhood and the Dan River, this 31.7-acre warehouse complex was originally developed between 1936 and 1939 by the P. Lorillard Tobacco Company, one of the oldest tobacco companies in the United States and a significant economic presence in the Danville region for much of the 20th century. Comprised of five industrial warehouse buildings along with several support structures, the facility represents the evolution of tobacco storage in Virginia during the early to mid-20th century from multi-story, “vertical-type” warehouse buildings with integrated storage and processing to one-story, “horizontal-type” storage buildings feeding separate production facilities. These modern horizontal type buildings facilitated more abundant and readily available storage for large-scale production while minimizing cost and risk of fire. Faced with increasing pressure over the negative health effects of smoking, the Lorillard Company began to lose its influence by the 1990s, though its role in the development of modern cigarette manufacturing and tobacco storage practices is integral to the history of the tobacco industry in Danville.