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Capitol Broadcasting Company’s first major historic restoration project began in 2002 when the company purchased the abandoned American Tobacco factory in Durham. Over the next decade CBC would invest more than $200 million to complete the largest project of its kind in the state. The American Tobacco Historic District has been recognized nationally as the definitive example of redeveloping and repurposing historic properties.

CBC views historic restoration as a way to conserve and protect historically-significant buildings while also creating economic growth and vitality in the surrounding community. The American Tobacco project is regarded as the catalyst that changed the economic trajectory of downtown Durham.

CBC’s newest project is the restoration and redevelopment of the historic Rocky Mount Mills in Eastern North Carolina. CBC purchased the old textile mill in 2007 and now plans to transform it into the Rocky Mount Brewmill – an incubator for startup craft breweries along with production, sales and educational facilities associated with the craft beer industry.

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Highlights for Historic Restoration

Ray Wilkinson Little Known and Interesting Places in NC

Ray Wilkinson, best known for his reporting on NC agriculture, was also interested in the history of North Carolina. Here are three stories about locations and people that made North Carolina unique and important in the larger history of America. The stories are separated by countdown leader.
CBC Lobby

Lobby for the corporate administrative building in 1960
Rocky Mount Mills

View of the historic Rocky Mount Mills along the Tar River in Rocky Mount, NC. CBC plans to restore the property and create Rocky Mount Brewmill, an incubator for craft brewers.
Old Beaufort Seaport and Tall Ships Celebration

Host David Crabtree gives a tour of the Tall Ships event in Beaufort, N.C. Also included is a firsthand look at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut and its 19th century seafaring village, maritime exhibition gallery and active preservation shipyard. Mystic Seaport mirrors what Olde Beaufort Seaport will provide for North Carolinians and other tourists in the future. This locally produced special first aired in July 2006, following the Tall Ships event.
Lucky Strike smokestack

One of American Tobacco’s most-recognizable structures rises above the complex before the CBC restoration is complete.

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Historic Restoration

Highlights for Historic Restoration

Ray Wilkinson Little Known and Interesting Places in NC

CBC Lobby

Rocky Mount Mills

Old Beaufort Seaport and Tall Ships Celebration

Lucky Strike smokestack