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词条 Roanoke Downtown Historic District (Alabama)
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Roanoke Downtown Historic District
| nrhp_type = hd
| image = Downtown Roanoke Alabama.JPG
| caption = Buildings on Main Street in January 2010
| location= Roughly bounded by White, Main, West Point, La Monte, Chestnut & Louina Sts., Roanoke, Alabama
| coordinates = {{coord|33|9|8|N|85|22|31|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Alabama#USA
| built = {{Start date|1890}}
| architecture =
| added = February 3, 1993
| area = {{convert|18|acre}}
| governing_body =
| refnum = 85003683[1]
| nocat = yes
}}

The Roanoke Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Roanoke, Alabama. Roanoke was settled in the 1830s, but became a major agricultural trading center in East Alabama following the Civil War. The Central of Georgia Railway extended its line to the town in 1887, soon followed by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway, and a large cotton warehouse was founded the same year. The commercial district began growing from this time, mostly with one-story brick structures, some of which carry influences from Romanesque Revival, Italianate, and Beaux-Arts details. The W. A. Handley Company built a textile mill in Roanoke in 1901, which would remain the major employer in the town until its closing in the early 1980s.

The district consists of 68 contributing properties, covering about 18 acres (7 ha) around the intersection of six streets at the town's center. Although most buildings are one story, notable multi-story buildings include the two-story Bank Building, built in Beaux-Arts style around 1909 in a wedge-shaped lot in the center of the district, and the three-story First National Bank building, built in 1920 in Neoclassical style. Also notable are the Romanesque Old City Hall (1890), the Victorian Gothic First Baptist Church (1901), and the Art Moderne City Hall (1935).[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

1. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=March 20, 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|last=Mercer|first=Chloe S.|author2=Melanie A. Betz|author3=Jeffrey Pruitt|author4=Linda Townsend|author5=Michael Bailey|title=Roanoke "Downtown" Historic District|url={{NRHP url|id=85003683}}|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=November 19, 1992|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6XBIjIob0|archivedate=March 20, 2015|deadurl=no}} See also: {{cite web|title=Accompanying photos|url={{NRHP url|id=85003683|photos=y}}|accessdate=March 20, 2015|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6XBIkCmzf|archivedate=March 20, 2015|deadurl=no}}
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3 : National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, Alabama|Historic districts in Randolph County, Alabama|Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama

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