Thomasville Downtown Historic District
Thomasville Downtown Historic District | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Main St., Trade St., Guilford St. and Commerce St., Thomasville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°53′01″N 80°05′02″W / 35.88361°N 80.08389°W |
Area | 27 acres (11 ha) |
Built | 1871 |
Architect | Wetmore, James; Haskins, Albert L. Jr. |
Architectural style | Italianate, Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 05000940[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 1, 2005 |
Thomasville Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Thomasville, Davidson County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 46 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 2 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Thomasville. It includes commercial and governmental buildings built between 1871 and 1938. Located in the district is the separately listed Thomasville Railroad Passenger Depot. Other notable contributing resources include The Big Chair (1950), the former City Hall (1938), the former Davidson County Office Building, the former United States Post Office (1926), (former) Davidson County Office Building (1957), the Dr. Orien R. Hodgin Dental Office, the North State Telephone Warehouse (c. 1940), First National Bank of Thomasville (1922), C. R. Thomas Block (c. 1900), and the Lambeth Furniture Company/Thomasville Chair Company.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Laura A. W. Phillips (March 2005). "Thomasville Downtown Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Italianate architecture in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Davidson County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina
- Piedmont Triad region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Davidson County, North Carolina, geography stubs