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Farmville Historic District (Farmville, Virginia)

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Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place
Farmville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Norfolk and Western depot with the High Bridge Trail
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LocationRoughly bounded by Main, Venable, High, Ely, School, First Ave., Irving, Second Ave., Oak, W. Third St., and Mill, Farmville, Virginia
Coordinates37°18′1″N 78°23′55″W / 37.30028°N 78.39861°W / 37.30028; -78.39861
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal
NRHP reference No.89001822
VLR No.144-0027
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 1989
Designated VLRApril 18, 1989; October 11, 2005

Farmville Historic District is a national historic district located at Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It encompasses 246 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object (the Confederate Monument) in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Farmville. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, institutional, and industrial buildings dating from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the Paulett-Gill house (c. 1858), Farmville Presbyterian Church (1828, 1859), Johns Memorial Episcopal Church (1881), Farmville Methodist Church (1907), Hotel Weyanoke (1925), the warehouses of the Dunnington Tobacco Company and Central Virginia Processing, Inc., the former Craddock-Terry Shoe Company, the former Cunningham and Company tobacco prizery, Norfolk and Western Railroad passenger station (c. 1905), Doyne Building (c. 1890), the Watkins M. Abbitt Federal Building (1917), Prince Edward County Courthouse, and the former Farmville High School (1913). Located in the district is the separately listed First Baptist Church.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. David A. Edwards and John S. Salmon (March 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Farmville Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
  4. Jean McRae (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Farmville Historic District (Amendment)" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
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