Rossville Historic District (Rossville, Tennessee)
Rossville Historic District | |
 60 Front St., the former Rossville Grocery Market, in 2012 | |
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| Location | Roughly along Main, Second, and Front Sts., Rossville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°02′52″N 89°32′35″W / 35.04778°N 89.54306°W |
| Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000726[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 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]
A walking tour of the historic district is offered annually by a local, private group in Rossville.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rossville Historic District". Town of Rossville. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
External links
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Media related to Rossville Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
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