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Bowling Green Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
03000439

Area
  
120 ha

Added to NRHP
  
22 May 2003

VLR #
  
171-5001

Year built
  
1794

Bowling Green Historic District

Location
  
Roughly along and bounded by Bowling Green Bypass, Broadus Ave., Lakewood Rd., N. Main St., and Paige Rd., Bowling Green, Virginia

Architect
  
Rose, David Jeptha; et al.

Architectural style
  
Colonial, Greek Revival, et al.

Designated VLR
  
March 19, 2003, November 30, 2005

Bowling Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. The district encompasses 169 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the historic core of Bowling Green. Notable properties include the Rains House (1737), A. B. Chandler, Sr. House (late 1800s), Bowling Green United Methodist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church (1895), Antioch Christian Church (c. 1920), Union Bank and Trust Company (1912), Bowling Green Baptist Church (1898), Caroline County Clerk’s Office (1907), Bowling Green Town Hall (early 1940s), “Glasselton” (1846), and the site of the New Hope Tavern and Lawn Hotel. The Caroline County Courthouse and the “Old Mansion” are separately listed.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

Bowling Green Historic District Wikipedia