NRHP Reference # 03000441 Area 9 ha | VLR # 102-5017 Added to NRHP 22 May 2003 | |
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Location Roughly along State, Piedmont, Moore, Shelby, Bank, Progress, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Sts., Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia Architect Keaton, Clarence B.; Taylor, James Knox Architectural style Early Commercial, Beaux Arts, et al. Designated VLR June 12, 2002, June 17, 2005, October 11, 2005 | ||
The Bristol Commercial Historic District is a national historic district in Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia.
The district encompasses 83 contributing buildings in the central business district of Bristol. The district straddles the Tennessee-Virginia border. The area was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries contains primarily two- and three-story masonry commercial buildings constructed from ca. 1890 to the early 1950s. Notable buildings include the Y.M.C.A (c. 1905), H.P. King Department Store (c. 1905), Reynolds Arcade (1925), Bristol Grocery Company building (c. 1915), Service Mills Company buildings (1922), E.W. King Manufacturing Company (1913), Cameo Theater (1930), Bristol, Virginia Post Office (1933), Central Building (1945), and McCrory's Department Store (1951). The First National Bank of Bristol (1905), US Post Office-Shelby Street Station (1900), and Paramount Theatre and Office Building (1929-1930) are separately listed.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.