El Reloj Cigar Factory | J.C. Newman
WebJ.C. Newman is headquartered in an iconic 113-year-old cigar factory in the Ybor City National Historic Landmark District in Tampa, Florida. At this factory, known as “El Reloj,” J.C. Newman rolls premium cigars both by hand …
The Last Cigar Factory in Tampa | Travel | Smithsonian Magazine
WebAug 5, 2021 · After a multi-million renovation, the J.C. Newman Cigar Company in Ybor City offers visitors a museum and tours of its working factory. Just over 150 employees handcraft 12 million cigars...
You can tour Tampa’s Newman cigar factory and be “like …
WebDec 28, 2020 · The J.C. Newman Cigar Museum recently opened in their Ybor City factory at 2701 N. 16th St. and offers guided 90-minute tours of an operation that produces 12 million cigars a year....
Visiting the Last Cigar Factory in Ybor City, Cigar Capital of the ...
WebDec 15, 2021 · Ybor City, a small neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, remiains the center of cigar culture around the world. We visited its last operating cigar factory.
Historic Ybor City, Tampa, FL - Visit Tampa Bay
WebA second museum next door, the Ybor City Museum features an urban park in the heart of Tampa's National Historic Landmark District. The museum, housed in the historic Ferlita Bakery, traces the rich cultural history of Ybor City and the cigar-making industry.
This Tampa cigar factory is now the last operational one in the …
WebApr 2, 2024 · TAMPA — Since 2009, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has been Tampa’s last operational cigar factory. Recently, the 129-year-old business located inside Ybor City’s El Regensburg Cigar...
World’s oldest cigars, found in an 1857 shipwreck, on display in Tampa
WebSep 19, 2023 · Ybor City’s J.C. Newman Cigar Co. purchased 18 of the 32 recovered cigars for their factory museum, which tells the history of stogies through artifacts like a wooden salesman carrying...
Cigar City: Tampa Bay’s Hand-Rolled History
WebOn April 13, 1886, the newly opened Sanchez & Haya cigar company on 7th Avenue became the first place in Ybor City to roll a cigar. Hand-rolled cigars quickly became the primary industry in Tampa Bay, earning the community its nickname: Cigar City.
J.C. Newman Cigar Factory - Atlas Obscura
WebJan 28, 2024 · 30. El Reloj, the 100-year-old cigar factory still owned and operated by the J.C. Newman cigar company Courtesy Visit Tampa Bay. At one point in time, Ybor City was known as the cigar...
Watch living history at Ybor City's red-brick cigar factory and museum
WebUpdated December 14, 2020 7:00pm EST. Tampa. FOX 13 News. Explore the history of Tampa’s cigar industry. Lloyd Sowers reports. TAMPA, Fla. - Built from red bricks in 1910, the Ybor City cigar factory with the high clock tower stands out. “This was the biggest cigar factory in the world,” boasted Eric Newman, a third-generation cigar maker.
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