Date:  2010

Image Number:  CG84cdCG08

Comments:   Built around 1850, this large, three-story brick building at 571 Valley Street was a tobacco factory as late as 1880.  The tobacco brands produced there included 'Tuberose' and 'Mason's Select.'  Former Mayor Raymon Thacker remembers playing in the upper story of this building around 1915 and noted there were still several tobacco bales onsite. 

Later this building served as a braid factory, and in the 1960's a Western Auto store operated from this site.  In 2010, this building serves as an art studio for avid amateur artists and hosts community art shows on occasion.

The photograph above is part of the Connie Geary Collection at Scottsville Museum.