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Originally Posted by brass_rat
Ahhh, bummer! Shows what I know about "old" buildings. I was anchored by the dates on nearby building plaques...
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That whole complex was probably Factory 42; in between the Chesterfield and the Walker building is the old cigarette factory, which the Chesterfield replaced. Ted's postcard actually shows more of the same complex from the perspective of someone standing at the site of the Chesterfield (before it was built) looking northeast. The Toms and Hicks buildings are on the left, the Flowers building is in the middle, and the Cobb building is on the right. Washington Duke's house was on that Chesterfield site as well (until it was torn down around 1915). So you were probably in the right place
The American Tobacco Campus (depicted in the photos posted by Dan) is a couple blocks away. The water tower in Ted's postcard is not the Lucky Strike tower but a different one - there is another water tower in the background mid-right in the ballpark picture that is in the same location.