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Attalla Downtown Historic District

Coordinates: 34°1′21″N 86°5′22″W / 34.02250°N 86.08944°W / 34.02250; -86.08944
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Attalla Downtown Historic District
The Bank of Attalla in October 2014
Attalla Downtown Historic District is located in Alabama
Attalla Downtown Historic District
Attalla Downtown Historic District is located in the United States
Attalla Downtown Historic District
Location3rd St. N., 4th St. N. & 5th Ave. S., Attalla, Alabama
Coordinates34°1′21″N 86°5′22″W / 34.02250°N 86.08944°W / 34.02250; -86.08944
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
NRHP reference No.13000893[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 11, 2013
Designated ARLHMay 19, 2011[2]

The Attalla Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Attalla, Alabama. The city was founded in 1870 along the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. It quickly developed into a major iron ore export hub. After fires in 1887 and 1891, most of the frame buildings downtown were replaced with brick structures. The oldest buildings in the district, which date from the 1880s and 1890s, are built in Folk Victorian styles, with corbelled cornices and other decorative elements. Later buildings are in more plain Commercial Brick styles, while others were built in more academic styles, including the Art Moderne Etowah Theatre (today known as the "Country Music Opera House") and the Colonial Revival Post Office building.[3] The district was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 2011 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage" (PDF). preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. February 24, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Schneider, David B.; Susan Enzweiler (August 19, 2013). "Attalla Downtown Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.