Allen & Ginter was acquired by American Tobacco Company but part of their legacy lives on. My son and I took a campus tour of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA recently and found out that one of the Administration Buildings is a house built by tobacco magnate Major Lewis Ginter of Allen & Ginter fame.
Here's a link to the history of this house:
http://www.provost.vcu.edu/about/ginter/history.html
Here are some pictures I took.
Notice the cigarette shaped chimney.
jeff