Foley Downtown Historic District
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Foley Downtown Historic District | |
 100s block of W. Laurel Ave, in 2012 | |
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| Location | Parts of Alston, N & S McKenzie, AL 98, E & W Laurel, Myrtle, Rose, and W. Orange, Foley, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 30°24′24″N 87°41′02″W / 30.406667°N 87.683889°W |
| Area | 230.6 acres (93.3 ha) |
| Architect | Frank Lockwood; Warren, Knight & Davis, et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001496[1] (original) 100003122 (increase) 12000316 (decrease) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 2005 |
| Boundary increase | September 20, 2019 |
| Boundary decrease | June 4, 2012 |
The Foley Downtown Historic District, in Foley, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Boundaries originally encompassed parts of Alston, N. and S. McKenzie, U.S. Route 98, E. and W. Laurel, Myrtle, Rose, and W. Orange until a boundary decrease of June 4, 2012. The district was amended by a boundary decrease listing in 2012, and a boundary increase in 2019.[1]
Buildings
The original listing included 29 contributing buildings and one contributing site on 230.6 acres (93.3 ha). It included:
- the Depot, i.e. the former railroad depot of Foley, which in 2003 was the City of Foley History Museum, at 125 East Laurel Avenue, (c. 1909; 1971; 1995). This is a one-story weatherboard Craftsman style depot building with a hipped and cross gable roof, decorative wood brackets, and a brick foundation. The building was moved Magnolia Springs in 1971 and was moved back to its original site in Foley in 1995.
- a Masonic Temple building (c.1925), designed in Mission Revival style by George B. Rogers of Mobile (see photo #25)[2]
Architects who have one or more projects in the district include Frank Lockwood and Warren, Knight & Davis.
- Architecture: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
- Historic function: Domestic; Commerce/trade; Government; Social; Religion; Industry/processing/extraction; Health Care
- Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Hotel; Specialty Store; Warehouse; Restaurant; City Hall; Meeting Hall
- Criteria: event, architecture/engineering
- Government: Government; Commerce/trade; Health Care; Recreation And Culture; Domestic; Landscape
- Subgovernment: Post Office; Specialty Store; Hospital; Auditorium; Park; Single Dwelling; Business
- Criteria: event, event, architecture/engineering, architecture/engineering
- Number of acres: 19.4
- Number of contributing buildings: 28
- Number of contributing sites: 1 [3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Pamela Sterne King; Christy Anderson (October 12, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Foley Downtown Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2019. With accompanying 29 photos from 2003, including #25 of the Masonic Temple
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foley Downtown Historic District (Boundary Decrease)". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2019. With accompanying pictures
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