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Clifton Forge Commercial Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
91002015

Designated VLR
  
August 21, 1991

Added to NRHP
  
28 January 1992

VLR #
  
105-0017

Area
  
4 ha

Clifton Forge Commercial Historic District

Location
  
Roughly, E. Ridgeway St. from Roxbury St. to Main St. and Main from Commercial Ave. to Railroad St., Clifton Forge, Virginia

Architect
  
Frye & Chesterton; Et al.

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival, Mission/spanish Revival, Italianate

Clifton Forge Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Virginia. The district encompasses 77 contributing buildings in the central business district of Clifton Forge. It primarily includes frame, brick, and concrete block commercial buildings dating to the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The buildings are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, and Italianate. Notable buildings include the Hawkins Brothers Store (c. 1886), Wiley House (1891), Chesapeake and Ohio Office Building (1906), Masonic Theatre (1905), Alleghany Building (1905), Clifton Forge City Hall (1910-1911), U.S. Post Office (1910), Ridge Theatre (1929), the Farrar Building (1930), and the Pure Oil Company Service Station (1932).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

References

Clifton Forge Commercial Historic District Wikipedia