Martinsville Historic District Explained

Martinsville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:April 22, 1998 [1]
Designated Other1 Number:120-5001
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Roughly bounded by VA 457, Danville RR tracks, Clay St., and Market St., Martinsville, Virginia
Coordinates:36.6917°N -79.8725°W
Architect:Tucker, George, et al.
Architecture:Federal, Romanesque, Colonial Revival
Added:October 30, 1998
Refnum:98001317
Increase:December 27, 2022
Increase Refnum:100008502
Decrease:December 27, 2022
Decrease Refnum:100008501

Martinsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Virginia. It encompasses 94 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Martinsville. The buildings range in date from the early-19th century through the mid- 20th century and include notable examples of the Romanesque, Federal, and Colonial Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Henry County Courthouse (1824), People's Bank (1891), Globman's Department Store (c. 1915), Ford Building (1908), U.S. Post Office (1939), the Masonic Temple, the Henry Hotel (1921), the Martinsville Hotel (c. 1930), First National Bank Building (1925), the Knights of Pythias Building (1922), Oakley Apartment / Office Building (1935), the Chief Tassel Building (1930), First United Methodist Church of Martinsville (1922), Richardson's Motor Co. (c. 1918), Gravely Pin Factory (1907), and Sale Knitting Plant (1937).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

External links

1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Martinsville Historic District . unknown . n.d. . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map