Built in 1949, this warehouse opened on July 21 as Lake City’s newest and largest tobacco warehouse. Local businessmen Jack Stewart and Robbie Askins and was located along Highway 52 (now McNair Boulevard).

The warehouse covered more than 100,000 square feet and was designed to handle large quantities of tobacco efficiently. It featured concrete floors, a sunken loading ramp that ran the length of the building, and an automatic scale for accurately weighing tobacco. When it opened, both operators were residents of Lake City, reflecting the warehouse’s connection to the local tobacco industry.

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