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Martinsville Commercial Historic District

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Architect
  
Hodgson, Isaac

Area
  
4 ha

Added to NRHP
  
1 April 1998

NRHP Reference #
  
98000300

Year built
  
1857

Martinsville Commercial Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Pike, Mulberry, Jackson, and Sycamore Sts., Martinsville, Indiana

Architectural style
  
Italianate, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival

Martinsville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Morgan County, Indiana. The district encompasses 75 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district of Martinsville. It developed between about 1847 and 1947, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Classical Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Morgan County Courthouse and Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building. Other notable buildings are the Martinsville Public Library (1906, 1990), Martinsville City Hall (1917), Martinsville Post Office (1935, 1974), Pitkin Building (c. 1900), Barskin's Department Store (1922), Indiana Theater (1914, 1927, 1939), Steven's House / Building (c. 1847, c. 1915), Hale Building (c. 1860, 1917), Interurban Station (1902, c. 1956), Union Block (1866), and First Christian Church (1891) and Annex (1927).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Martinsville Commercial Historic District Wikipedia