South Boston Historic District is a national historic district located at South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. The district includes 594 contributing buildings and 7 contributing structures in the Village of South Boston. It consists of industrial, commercial, and residential building types dating from the mid-19th century to the present. Notable buildings include the C.H. Friend School, New Brick Warehouse (c. 1930), Planters and Merchants Bank, Halifax Cotton Mill, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company tobacco prizery, former Liggett-Meyer Tobacco Company tobacco prizery, the Parkinson Block (1899), First Presbyterian Church (1887), First Baptist Church (c. 1900), and Mt. Olive Baptist Church (c. 1900).[3]
South Boston Historic District | |
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| Location | Along Railroad Ave., Ferry, Factory, and Main Sts., Wilborn Ave., N. Main St., Washington and Peach Aves., and Jeffress; Neighborhoods of Marshall Ave., New Brick Warehouse, Mizpah Church, N. Main St. South Boston, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°41′57″N 78°54′10″W / 36.69917°N 78.90278°W |
| Area | 301.5 acres (122.0 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002471, 09000418 (Boundary Increase)[1] |
| VLR No. | 130-0006 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 26, 1986, June 11, 2009 (Boundary Increase) |
| Designated VLR | August 16, 1983, December 18, 2008[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary increase in 2009.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Division of Historic Landmarks Staff (June 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: South Boston Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources., Andra Kowalczyk Martens and Department of Historic Resources Staff (September 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: South Boston Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources., and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
External links edit
- Planters and Merchants Bank, 209 Main Street, South Boston, Halifax County, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)