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Jamestown Downtown Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1873 (1873)-1956

Area
  
14 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
14000935

Added to NRHP
  
19 November 2014

Jamestown Downtown Historic District

Location
  
23-28, 20-408 N. Main, 200-322 Washington, 201-326 Cherry, 207-317 Pine, 215-417 Spring, 8-21, 100-200 E. 4th Sts., Jamestown, New York

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, Renaissance Revival, Art Deco

Jamestown Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Jamestown in Chautauqua County, New York. The district encompasses 103 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jamestown. The district developed between about 1873 and 1956, and includes buildings in a variety of architectural styles including Italianate, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Romanesque Revival, Classical Revival, Renaissance Revival, and Art Deco. Located in the district is the separately listed Wellman Building. Other notable buildings include the Arcade Building (1898), Odd Fellows Lodge (1914), Bank of Jamestown (1918, 1924), Hotel Samuels (1910), Hotel Jamestown (1924), Chautauqua School of Nursing (1911), Jamestown Telephone Company (1930), Maddox Building (1933), First National Bank (1953), Pennsylvania Gas Company building (ca. 1955), Chautauqua National Bank (1956), Palace Theatre (now the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, 1923), Allen’s Opera House (now Lucille Ball Little Theatre, 1875), and the former Broadhead Worsted Mills (ca. 1870-1888).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

References

Jamestown Downtown Historic District Wikipedia