Alexander City Commercial Historic District Explained

Alexander City Commercial Historic District
Location:	Portions of Broad, Main, Green, Alabama, Jefferson Sts. and Courthouse Sq., Alexander City, Alabama
Coordinates:	32.9456°N -85.9539°W
Built:	1902
Architect:	Roberts & Co.
Architecture:	Commercial block
Added:	June 22, 2000
Area:	8acres
Refnum:	00000711

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 8acres.

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

It includes Commercial block architecture.^[1]

Selected buildings included are:

• City Hall (1974), 4 Court Square, designed in New Formalism style.^[1]
• Tallapoosa County Courthouse/Old City Hall (1938), 82 Court Square, designed by Atlanta architects Robert and Company, Inc. An H-shaped brick building.^[1]

• Masonic Lodge (c.1915), 115-123 Main, a three-story, two-part commercial block building; it once held the post office.^[1]
• 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.^[1] "Graves Furniture" no longer appears on front of building.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=00000711}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alexander City Commercial Historic District ]. National Park Service. Jeff Mansell . Trina Binkley . January 1999 . October 30, 2019. With
2. Per photo