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Athens Downtown Historic District

Coordinates: 39°19′48″N 82°6′5″W / 39.33000°N 82.10139°W / 39.33000; -82.10139
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Athens Downtown Historic District
North Court Street between Washington and Carpenter Streets
Athens Downtown Historic District is located in Ohio
Athens Downtown Historic District
Athens Downtown Historic District is located in the United States
Athens Downtown Historic District
LocationN. Court St. between Carpenter and Union Sts. and Congress and College Sts., Athens, Ohio
Coordinates39°19′48″N 82°6′5″W / 39.33000°N 82.10139°W / 39.33000; -82.10139
Area215 acres (0.87 km2)
Architectural styleLate Victorian[1]
NRHP reference No.82003541[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1982[1]

Athens Downtown Historic District is a registered historic district in Athens, Ohio, United States, listed in the National Register on September 30, 1982. It contains 88 contributing buildings, made from an assortment of materials.

The architecture is in the style of Late Victorian with periods of significance from 1900–1924, 1875–1899, and 1850–1874. The downtown district is currently being used for Commerce / Trade, Domestic, Education, and Government.[1]

The district has a number of contiguous contributing buildings, many with brick facades, bracketed cornices, and decorative arched stone lintels.[2]

Historic uses

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  • College
  • Manufacturing Facility
  • Extractive Facility

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
  2. ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 39. ISBN 9781878592705.