Martinsville Historic District

Martinsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Virginia. It encompasses 94 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in the central business district of Martinsville. The buildings range in date from the early-19th century through the mid- 20th century and include notable examples of the Romanesque, Federal, and Colonial Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Henry County Courthouse (1824), People's Bank (1891), Globman's Department Store (c. 1915), Ford Building (1908), U.S. Post Office (1939), the Masonic Temple, the Henry Hotel (1921), the Martinsville Hotel (c. 1930), First National Bank Building (1925), the Knights of Pythias Building (1922), Oakley Apartment / Office Building (1935), the Chief Tassel Building (1930), First United Methodist Church of Martinsville (1922), Richardson's Motor Co. (c. 1918), Gravely Pin Factory (1907), and Sale Knitting Plant (1937).^[3]

Martinsville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Martinsville Historic District, July 2010
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Location	Roughly bounded by VA 457, Danville RR tracks, Clay St., and Market St., Martinsville, Virginia
Coordinates	36°41′30″N 79°52′21″W
Area	45.5 acres (18.4 ha)
Built	1883 (1883)
Architect	Tucker, George, et al.
Architectural style	Federal, Romanesque, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	98001317[1] (original) 100008502 (increase) 100008501 (decrease)
VLR No.	120-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 30, 1998
Boundary increase	December 27, 2022
Boundary decrease	December 27, 2022
Designated VLR	April 22, 1998 [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

References

1. "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 March 19, 2013.
3. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Martinsville Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Henry County Courthouse, 1 East Main Street, Martinsville, Martinsville, VA: 1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey