In its heyday, Quincy was home to a number of prominent Jewish tobacco growers. Large leaf shade tobacco was a profitable crop in Gadsden County in the 19th and 20th centuries. At that time, shade tobacco leaves were used as the outer wrappers for cigars. By the late 1970s, however, cigar makers began substituting a paper-based product for the shade tobacco leaves. That, along with the overall decline in cigar smoking, eventually curtailed Quincy's tobacco production.

This 1890 building is one of Quincy's few original tobacco packing houses. It was used by many Jewish-owned tobacco businesses. The 1890 Victorian cottage next door at 379 East Jefferson Street is the original office of the Santa Clara Plantation.

Information provided by Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Jewish Heritage Trail, 2000.