Rossville Historic District (Rossville, Tennessee)

Coordinates: 35°02′52″N 89°32′35″W / 35.04778°N 89.54306°W / 35.04778; -89.54306
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Rossville Historic District
60 Front St., the former Rossville Grocery Market, in 2012
Rossville Historic District (Rossville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Rossville Historic District (Rossville, Tennessee)
LocationRoughly along Main, Second, and Front Sts., Rossville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°02′52″N 89°32′35″W / 35.04778°N 89.54306°W / 35.04778; -89.54306
Area16 acres (6.5 ha)
NRHP reference No.01000726[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 2001

The Rossville Historic District in Rossville in Fayette County, Tennessee was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1] It includes 36 contributing buildings and 13 non-contributing ones, on about 16 acres (6.5 ha).[2]

The district runs roughly along Main St. (now Church St., per Google maps), Second St., and Front St. in Rossville,[1] and includes Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, and Craftsman architecture, as well as one or more I-houses and a number of one- and two-part commercial buildings.[2]

Selected properties include:

  • 30 Front St. (c.1910). Two-story four-square.
  • Morrison's Store / Rossville Grocery Market (c.1938), 60 Front Street. One-story brick commercial building with a stepped parapet with tile coping, which originally was two separate buildings.
  • Rossville Bank (c.1953), 70 Front Street. One-story Art Deco with brick veneer and a cast stone stepped parapet.
  • 250 Main St. (c.1887). Two-story Queen Anne, with a wrap-around porch with paired round Tuscan columns on stone piers, and with Colonial Revival detailing. Built by/for a woman, P.C. Stone, whose grandfather and another added its second story.
  • 255 Main St. (c.1890). One story L-shaped building with Colonial Revival detailing.
  • 270 Main St. (c.1890). One-and-a-half-story Queen Anne cottage.[2]
Buildings on Church St. by the railroad, in the district

A walking tour of the historic district is offered annually by a local, private group in Rossville.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Mary Allison Haynie (November 20, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rossville Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 12, 2021. Includes map of district. With accompanying 41 photos from 2000.
  3. ^ "Rossville Historic District". Town of Rossville. Retrieved June 12, 2021.

External links[edit]

Media related to Rossville Historic District at Wikimedia Commons