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Foley Downtown Historic District

Foley Downtown Historic District
100s block of W. Laurel Ave, in 2012
Foley Downtown Historic District is located in Alabama
Foley Downtown Historic District
LocationParts of Alston, N & S McKenzie, AL 98, E & W Laurel, Myrtle, Rose, and W. Orange,
Foley, Alabama
Coordinates30°24′24″N 87°41′02″W / 30.406667°N 87.683889°W / 30.406667; -87.683889
Area230.6 acres (93.3 ha)
ArchitectFrank Lockwood; Warren, Knight & Davis et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.04001496[1] (original)
100003122 (increase)
12000316 (decrease)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 2005
Boundary increaseSeptember 20, 2019
Boundary decreaseJune 4, 2012

The Foley Downtown Historic District, in Foley, Alabama, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Its boundaries originally encompassed parts of Alston St., North and South McKenzie St., U.S. Route 98, East and West Laurel Ave., Myrtle Ave., Rose Ave., and West Orange Ave. until a boundary decrease on June 4, 2012. The boundary was extended in 2019.[1]

Buildings

The original listing included 29 contributing buildings and one contributing site on 230.6 acres (93.3 ha). It included:

  • The Depot, the former railroad depot of Foley, which in 2003 was the Foley History Museum, at 125 East Laurel Avenue, (c. 1909; 1971; 1995). This is a one-story weatherboard Craftsman style depot building with a hipped and cross gable roof, decorative wood brackets, and a brick foundation. The building was moved to Magnolia Springs in 1971 but was then returned to its original site in Foley in 1995.
  • A Masonic Temple building (c.1925), designed in Mission Revival style by George B. Rogers of Mobile, Alabama[2]

Architects with one or more projects there include Frank Lockwood and Warren, Knight & Davis.

Notes

  • Architecture: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
  • Historic function: Domestic; Commerce/trade; Government; Social; Religion; Industry/processing/extraction; Health Care
  • Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Hotel; Specialty Store; Warehouse; Restaurant; City Hall; Meeting Hall
  • Criteria: Event, Architecture/engineering
  • Government: Government; Commerce/trade; Health Care; Recreation And Culture; Domestic; Landscape
  • Subgovernment: Post Office; Specialty Store; Hospital; Auditorium; Park; Single Dwelling; Business
  • Criteria: event, event, architecture/engineering, architecture/engineering
  • Area: 19.4 acres
  • Contributing buildings: 28
  • Contributing sites: 1[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Pamela Sterne King; Christy Anderson (October 12, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Foley Downtown Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2019. With accompanying 29 photos from 2003, including #25 of the Masonic Temple
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foley Downtown Historic District (Boundary Decrease)". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2019. With accompanying pictures


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_Downtown_Historic_District