Alexander_City_Commercial_Historic_District

Alexander City Commercial Historic District

Alexander City Commercial Historic District

Historic district in Alabama, United States

Alexander City Commercial Historic District, in Alexander City, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The listing includes 32 contributing buildings and a contributing site on 8 acres (3.2 ha).[1]

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The district includes portions of Broad, Main, Green, Alabama, and Jefferson Sts. and it includes Courthouse Square. It includes 17 non-contributing buildings.[2]

It includes Commercial block architecture.[2]

Selected buildings included are:

  • City Hall (1974), 4 Court Square, designed in New Formalism style.[2]
  • Tallapoosa County Courthouse/Old City Hall (1938), 82 Court Square, designed by Atlanta architects Robert and Company, Inc. An H-shaped brick building.[2]

  • Masonic Lodge (c.1915), 115-123 Main, a three-story, two-part commercial block building; it once held the post office.[2]
  • Graves Furniture Building (c.1930), 107 Main, a brick two-story, two-part commercial block; it has a flat parapet roof with

concrete dentil coping.[2] "Graves Furniture" no longer appears on front of building.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    Jeff Mansell; Trina Binkley (January 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alexander City Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved October 30, 2019. With accompanying 15 photos from 2000
  3. [3]
    Per photo


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