| 词条 | Main Street Commercial District (Dothan, Alabama) |
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| name = Main Street Commercial District | nrhp_type = hd | image = | caption = | location= E. Main, Foster, St. Andrews, Crawford, and Troy Sts., Dothan, Alabama | coordinates = {{coord|31|13|24|N|85|23|31|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Alabama#USA | built = {{Start date|1885}} | architecture = | added = April 21, 1983 | area = {{convert|18|acre}} | governing_body = Local | refnum = 83002984[1] | nocat = yes }} The Main Street Commercial District is a historic district in Dothan, Alabama. The district covers 18 acres (7 ha) and portions of 6 blocks in Dothan's historic commercial district. At the time of the nomination, it contained 68 contributing properties, however many have been demolished in the intervening years. Dothan was founded on the site of Poplar Head Springs, which was an important crossroads in the Muscogee lands. Logging was the area's first major industry, but did not develop until after the Civil War. Settlers began building saw mills and blacksmith shops, and encouraged commercial development by donating land and bricks to new settlers. The town was incorporated in 1885, and began a period of great expansion with the coming of the Alabama Midland Railway in 1889. The oldest buildings in the district date from the 1900s, including the three-story Wadlington Hotel (built 1900, demolished 2012) and the Neoclassical First National Bank (1907). Several brick warehouses were also constructed along the railroad line. A symbol of the town's rapid growth, a five-story office building was completed in 1914. Cotton had replaced lumber as the economic engine of the region, but the boll weevil outbreak of the 1910s sent Dothan into a recession. Fewer buildings date from beyond this period, including the Malone Motor Company Building (1923) and the Kress Building (1928). The importance of the downtown core declined after the 1960s, as retail establishments relocated to outlying areas.[2]The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] References1. ^1 {{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=March 23, 2015}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Alabama}}{{Alabama-NRHP-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|last=Fleegal |first=Steven A. |author2=Ellen Mertins |title=Main Street Commercial District |url={{NRHP url|id=83002984}} |work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=March 23, 2015 |date=May 1982 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6XFwpTkW4?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/text/83002984.pdf |archivedate=March 24, 2015 |deadurl=no |df= }} See also: {{cite web|title=Accompanying photos |url={{NRHP url|id=83002984|photos=y}} |accessdate=March 23, 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6XFwqWrfK?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/photos/83002984.pdf |archivedate=March 24, 2015 |deadurl=no |df= }} 3 : National Register of Historic Places in Houston County, Alabama|Historic districts in Houston County, Alabama|Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama |
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