East Main Street Commercial Historic District (Statesboro, Georgia) Explained

East Main Street Commercial Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly E. Main St./US 301 between Siebald and Oak Sts., Statesboro, Georgia
Coordinates:32.4489°N -81.7822°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Moderne, Beaux Arts, Italianate
Added:September 6, 1989
Refnum:89001155

The East Main Street Commercial Historic District in Statesboro, Georgia is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It then included 16 contributing buildings: all eight buildings comprising the north side of East Main Street on the block from Siebold Street to Oak Street (including, from west to east, the Bank of Statesboro then from number 31 to number 47), and eight buildings on the south side of that block, from Oak Street returning to an alley before Siebold Street is reached (including numbers 46 to 32).

The three-story Beaux Arts-style Bank of Statesboro building at East Main and Siebold is one of two "outstanding" buildings in the district (it is now an art gallery). It has Ionic columns at its main entrance and Corinthian pilasters on its second and third floors. The other is the Art Moderne Georgia Theatre (1936) (now named the Emma Kelly Theater).[1]

Statesboro was the subject of a wider survey of historic resources completed at the same time as the NRHP nomination for the district.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=89001155}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: East Main Street Commercial Historic District ]. National Park Service. Janice E. Adams and Richard Cloues . July 12, 1989 . April 10, 2017 . With (see photo captions page 10 in text).
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500135}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Resources of Downtown Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia ]. . Janice E. Adams and Richard Cloues . July 12, 1989 . April 8, 2017 .