Drummond Tobacco Building

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I've actually done a fair bit of research on the ATC facilities. When I had more free time I had visions of a comprehensive and elaborate website...

Circa 1910 the ATC had three plants operating in St. Louis:
1. The Brown Branch, located on the block between 3rd, 4th, Spruce, and Valentine Streets.
2. The Catlin Branch, located at the corner of Lawrence Street and Park Avenue.
3. The Liggett & Myers-Drummond Branch, which was a sprawling facility between Folsum Street and Park Avenue at Thurman Boulevard.

In its history, the ATC had acquired these St. Louis tobacco companies:
1895: the James G. Butler Tobacco Company, manufacturer of plug tobacco
1898: the Brown Tobacco Company, manufacturer of plug tobacco
1898: the Drummond Tobacco Company, primarily a manufacturer of plug tobacco
1899: the Catlin Tobacco Company, manufacturer of smoking and fine cut tobacco
1899: the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, primarily a manufacturer of plug tobacco, but which had recently begun manufacturing cheap cigarettes as a direct attack on the Trust -- following purchase, the cigarette production was shut down
1901: the Wellman Dwire Tobacco Company, manufacturer of plug tobacco
1901: the M.C. Whetmore Tobacco Company, manufacturer of plug tobacco

The companies were closed and/or consolidated, with the brand names living on in most instances. As an example of the shifting and consolidation, Shawn's article in the first post of this thread seems to be describing what was later to be known as the Brown Branch, while Drummond got folded into L&M at a different location.


The Factory 42 location in Durham was known as the Duke Branch (formerly W. Duke & Sons) until the dissolution in 1911, after which it became part of the new Liggett & Myers Company.