Marion Historic District is a national historic district located at Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. The district includes 361 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Marion. It includes a variety of residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and governmental buildings primarily dating from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the Sheffey Loom House (c. 1855), Odd Fellows Lodge (c. 1860), Look & Lincoln Wagon Factory warehouse (c. 1880), the Beaux-Arts style Marion County Courthouse (1905), Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, Courtview Building (1890s), Marion High School (1907-1908), Marion Junior College (1912), the Overall Factory (c. 1920), Weiler Building (c. 1930), Bank of Marion (1922), Royal Oak Presbyterian Church (1923), Marion Municipal Building (1935), Marion Post Office (1936), and a Lustron house (1948). Also located in the district are the separately listed Hotel Lincoln, Lincoln Theatre, Marion Male Academy, and Norfolk & Western Railway Depot.[3][4]
Marion Historic District | |
 Smyth County Courthouse, August 2006 | |
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| Location | Roughly along Main, Cherry, Strother, Lee, North College and College Sts.; W. Cherry, E. Main, N. Main, Maple, N. Chestnut, Broad & N. Commerce Sts., Marion, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°49′54″N 81°31′21″W / 36.83167°N 81.52250°W |
| Area | 130 acres (53 ha) |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Queen Anne, et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000888[1] |
| VLR No. | 119-0012 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 2000, July 28, 2011 (Boundary Increase) |
| Designated VLR | June 14, 2000, December 18, 2008[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, with a boundary increase in 2011.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Gibson Worsham (March 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Marion Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
- ^ Kristen Luetkemeier and Andra Kowalczyk Martens (July 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Marion Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying eight photos