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Winchester Historic District (Winchester, Virginia)

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Built
  
c. 1750 (1750)

VLR #
  
138-0042

Added to NRHP
  
4 March 1980

Architect
  
Multiple

Area
  
96 ha

Winchester Historic District (Winchester, Virginia)

Location
  
U.S. 522, U.S. 11 and U.S. 50/17; 120 and 126 N. Kend St.; 300-400 blocks of N. Cameron St., 12 Clark St., 110 E. Fairfax La. and 145 N. Baker St., Winchester, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian, Italianate, Early Commercial

NRHP Reference #
  
80004318 (original) 03000054 (increase 1) 08000874 (increase 2) 15000963 (increase 3)

The Winchester Historic District is a national historic district located at Winchester, Virginia. The district encompasses 1,116 contributing buildings in Winchester. The buildings represent a variety of popular architectural styles including Late Victorian and Italianate. They include residential, commercial, governmental, industrial, and institutional buildings dating from the 18th to mid-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the A.M.E Church (1878), Masonic Lodge and Gray and Eddy Building, First Presbyterian Church (1841, 1883), Farmers and Merchants Bank (1902), Frederick County Courthouse (1840), Grace Lutheran Church (1841, 1875), Friendship Fire Hall (1892), John Kerr School (1883, 1908), City Hall (1900), Lewis Jones Knitting Mill (1895), Tidball Residence (c. 1835), William F. Hottle Residence (c. 1880), McGuire Residence (c. 1820), and Robert Long House (c. 1930). Located in the district are the separately listed Thomas J. Jackson Headquarters, Fair Mount, Handley Library, Adam Kurtz House, and Daniel Morgan House.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with boundary increases in 2003, 2008, and 2016.

References

Winchester Historic District (Winchester, Virginia) Wikipedia


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