national register of historic places southern side of the building show map of indiana show map of the us location 223 nw 2nd st. evansville indiana coordinates 37 57 51 n 87 34 30 w 37.96417 n 87.57500 w 37.96417 ; 87.57500 coordinates 37 57 51 n 87 34 30 w 37.96417 n 87.57500 w 37.96417 ; 87.57500 area less than 1 acre 0.40 ha built 1902 built by harry boyle and company ; alfred e. neucks architectural style arts and crafts nrhp reference 00000212 1 added to nrhp march 15 2000 general cigar company is one of the largest manufacturers of cigars in the world . it is a subsidiary of scandinavian tobacco group . the general cigar company building at evansville indiana was built in 1902 and expanded in 1929 . it is a three story l shaped red brick building with arts and crafts style design elements . 2 it was listed on the national register of historic places in 2000 . 1 contents 1 company history 2 general cigar s brands 3 footnotes 4 external links company history edit in 1961 general cigar which was profitably selling about 30 million worth of cigars annually was purchased for approximately 25 million by a group of investors headed by edgar m. cullman a fourth generation american in the tobacco industry . 3 3 later in the 1960s culbro and general cigar acquired gradiaz annis maker of gold label cigars and the temple hall factory that owned the macanudo brand name ushering in a turn towards hand rolled premium cigars . 3 macanudo a small label made in limited quantities for the market in the united kingdom was seen as the principal vehicle for growth in the premium cigar category . a careful effort was made to reblend the product for the large american marketplace then and now subject to a ban on cuban tobacco the industry s gold standard using select binder and filler from the dominican republic jamaica and mexico and connecticut shade grown wrapper . 3 mass advertising was conducted in support of the brand which by the early 1990s had grown into the best selling premium cigar label in the united states . 3 in 1978 general registered a u.s. trademark on the brand name cohiba thereby obtaining the right to use the name of that premium cuban cigar in the american market without any connection to or content provided by its cuban maker . protracted legal wrangling followed resolved when the u. s. supreme court denied the petition of the cuban tobacco marketing agency cubatabaco in 2006 . 4 general s cohiba cigars bear a disclaimer that they are not affiliated in any way while the cuban brand individual cigars do not . from 1978 general cigar has also produced the cuban tobacco free partagas and bolivar cigar brands for the american market in competition with cuban brands of the same name . initial production of partagas was conducted in jamaica but the following year production moved to a modern 70 000 square foot 6 500 m2 factory in santiago dominican republic . 5 a similar trade dress to the cuban product has been used by general cigar for its competing version of the partag s brand employing a red and gold band scheme save with the word habana replaced by the date 1845 on the packaging . 5 in 1997 general cigar acquired villazon a company marketing non cuban versions of the leading cuban cigar brands punch and hoyo de monterrey . 6 in 2005 swedish match acquired general cigar . 7 in 2010 swedish match merged its premium cigars into scandinavian tobacco group . 8 general cigar s brands edit ramone allones non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand bolivar non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand robert burns bances cao cifuentes non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand cohiba non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand excalibur foundry helix garcia y vega gold label la gloria cubana non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand hoyo de monterrey non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand macanudo partagas non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand william penn punch non cuban production in competition with the cuban brand el rico habano sancho panza temple hall van dyck white owl footnotes edit a b national park service 2010 07 09 . national register information system . national register of historic places . national park service . indiana state historic architectural and archaeological research database shaard searchable database . department of natural resources division of historic preservation and archaeology . retrieved 2016 08 01 . note this includes kristen brennan june 1999 . national register of historic places inventory nomination form general cigar company pdf . retrieved 2016 08 01 . a b c d e marvin r. shanken interview edgar cullman sr. cigar aficionado vol . 3 no. 1 autumn 1994 pp. 55 71 . empresa cubana del tabaco v. culbro corp. 399 f. 3d 462 2d cir . 2005 . a b james suckling the partagas family cigar smokers from around the world gathered in havana and orlando this summer to celebrate the 150th anniversary of partagas cigars cigar aficionado vol . 4 no. 2 winter 1995 96 pp. 134 143 . general cigar co. neptune cigars neptunecigar.com retrieved october 24 2010 . swedish match to acquire remaining ownership in general cigar savona david . swedish match and scandinavian tobacco merge to form giant cigar company . cigaraficionado.com . retrieved 2016 06 27 . external links edit official website general cigar on stogiepedia . neptune cigar v t e city of evansville annual festivals evansville freedom festival germania m nnerchor volksfest west side nut club fall festival vanderburgh county 4h fair frog follies shrinersfest jazz & wine festival arenas and venues alhambra theatorium bosse field old national events plaza ford center goebel soccer complex mesker amphitheatre swonder ice arena metro sports center victory theatre veterans memorial coliseum corporate headquarters and major employers accuride ak steel atlas van lines berry plastics mead johnson old national bank shoe 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