North Main Street Commercial Historic District (Statesboro, Georgia)

The North Main Street Commercial Historic District in Statesboro, Georgia is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It includes eight adjacent contributing buildings on the west side of the first block of North Main Street. It does not include the property at the corner of West Main and North Main, but rather is the next eight buildings going north from that, to and including the corner of Courtland Street.[2]

North Main Street Commercial Historic District
The Blitch Building, 2017
North Main Street Commercial Historic District (Statesboro, Georgia) is located in Georgia
North Main Street Commercial Historic District (Statesboro, Georgia)
North Main Street Commercial Historic District (Statesboro, Georgia) is located in the United States
North Main Street Commercial Historic District (Statesboro, Georgia)
LocationRoughly N. Main St. between Courtland and W. Main Sts., Statesboro, Georgia
Coordinates32°26′57″N 81°47′00″W / 32.449167°N 81.783333°W / 32.449167; -81.783333
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1900
ArchitectBlackburn, L.R.
Architectural styleChicago, Italianate, Commercial Style
MPSDowntown Statesboro MPS
NRHP reference No.89001159[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1989

The buildings are one- and two-story brick commercial buildings with shared walls. The two-story ones have pressed-metal cornices. The main architectural style is Italianate, reflected in round-arched window openings. No original storefronts are present; all have been modernized.[2]

Statesboro was the subject of a wider survey of historic resources completed at the same time as the NRHP nomination for the district.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Janice E. Adams and Richard Cloues (July 12, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: North Main Street Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 12, 2017. With four photos (see photo captions page 10 in text).
  3. ^ Janice E. Adams and Richard Cloues (July 12, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Resources of Downtown Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia". National Park Service. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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