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Blackstone Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
90002174

Designated VLR
  
February 20, 1990

Area
  
84 ha

VLR #
  
142-0007

Address
  
Blackstone, VA 23824, USA

Added to NRHP
  
25 January 1991

Blackstone Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Mann, Dillard, Tavern, S. High, Oak, Eighth and Freeman Sts. and the Norfolk and Western RR tracks, Blackstone, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Romanesque

Blackstone Historic District is a national historic district located at Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia. It encompasses 272 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Blackstone. They include residential and commercial structures dating from the late-18th to early-20th centuries. They include notable examples of the Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, and Romanesque styles. Notable buildings include the former Blackstone College for Girls (1922), First National Bank, Thomas M. Dillard House, Richmond F. Dillard House, Blackstone Public School Complex, Bagley House (1911), Blackstone Baptist Church (1907), Crenshaw United Methodist Church (1903), St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1916), and Blackstone Presbyterian Church (1901). Located in the district is the separately listed Schwartz Tavern.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

Blackstone Historic District Wikipedia