The Old Tobacco Warehouse was built in 1766 and is one of the oldest surviving building in the United States associated with the transportation and sale of tobacco Sailing vessels from England were manned by British crews and owned by English and Scottish merchants who came seeking tobacco in exchange for goods and supplies. James Mills, a Scottish merchant, purchased the land etween 1763 and 1867 and built a public warehouse. The warehouse sits on a gentle hillside overlooking the old tobacco rolling road to Urbanna Creek.
The warehouse was a private residence for a time; and also the Middlesex Library until 1991 when the new library was built. The Town of Urbanna took control of the Old Tobacco Warehouse in the mid-1990's and refinished re-modeled and restorined it back to its original condition and made it into the Urbanns Visitors Center lending support to historic preservation and showing the importance as a 17th century Colonial building connected with tobacco and water transportation in the development of our nation.
Come stay with us at the Dragon Run Inn for a few days and explore historic Urbanna www.urbanna.com.