Pulaski Historic Commercial District

Coordinates: 37°04′24″N 80°41′30″W / 37.07333°N 80.69167°W / 37.07333; -80.69167
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Pulaski Historic Commercial District
Pulaski Historic Commercial District is located in Virginia
Pulaski Historic Commercial District
Pulaski Historic Commercial District is located in the United States
Pulaski Historic Commercial District
LocationRoughly bounded by Third St., Madison Ave., Norfolk & Western RR tracks, and Randolph Ave., Pulaski, Virginia
Coordinates37°04′24″N 80°41′30″W / 37.07333°N 80.69167°W / 37.07333; -80.69167
Area46 acres (19 ha)
Built1886 (1886)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.86000405[1]
VLR No.125-0005
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 1986
Designated VLRDecember 17, 1985[2]

Pulaski Historic Commercial District is a national historic district located at Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia. It encompasses 78 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district of the town of Pulaski. It includes a variety of governmental, commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings dated primarily to the late-19th and early-20th century. Notable buildings include the MaGill building, B. D. Smith and Bros., building, Elks Theatre and building (c. 1911), former high school (c. 1913–1920), freight depot (1907), Pulaski Grocery Company building, the General Chemical Company, Christ Episcopal Church (1908), and the Appalachian Power Company building (c. 1940). The Dalton Theatre Building and Pulaski County Courthouse are located in the district and listed separately.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Gibson Worsham and Charlotte Worsham (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pulaski Historic Commercial District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map