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Wytheville Historic District

Coordinates: 36°56′47″N 81°04′55″W / 36.94639°N 81.08194°W / 36.94639; -81.08194
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Wytheville Historic District
Wythe County Courthouse, August 2006
Wytheville Historic District is located in Virginia
Wytheville Historic District
Wytheville Historic District is located in the United States
Wytheville Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Monroe, Eleventh, Jefferson and Twelfth Sts. and W. Railroad Ave., Wytheville, Virginia
Coordinates36°56′47″N 81°04′55″W / 36.94639°N 81.08194°W / 36.94639; -81.08194
Area170 acres (69 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
ArchitectMiller, Morris C.
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.94001179[1]
VLR No.139-0029
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1994
Designated VLRAugust 17, 1994[2]

Wytheville Historic District is a national historic district located at Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia. The district encompasses 245 contributing buildings in the historic core of the town of Wytheville. They are primarily residential and commercial buildings and structures dating from about the 1830s to early 1940s. Notable buildings include the Fleming K. Rich House (1830s), Edith Bolling Galt Wilson Birthplace, Ephraim McGavock House (1858), Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (1876), Wytheville AM&O station (1873), Wythe County Courthouse (1902), George Wythe Hotel (1927), Millwald Theatre (1928), Trinkle Mansion, and Wytheville Municipal Building (1929), The Haller-Gibboney Rock House and St. John's Episcopal Church are located in the district and listed separately.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ J. Daniel Pezzoni (July 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wytheville Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map