West Main Street Commercial Historic District (Statesboro, Georgia)

The West Main Street Commercial Historic District is a historic district consisting of five brick buildings in downtown Statesboro, Georgia that were built between 1905 and 1923 and that hold a total of 16 storefronts.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

West Main Street Commercial Historic District
The Brannen Building, 2017
LocationRoughly W. Main St. between Walnut and N. and S. Main Sts., Statesboro, Georgia
Coordinates32°26′56″N 81°47′3″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1905-1923
Built byBlackburn, L.R.
Architectural styleItalianate, Commercial
MPSDowntown Statesboro MPS
NRHP reference No.89001164[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1989

The "most outstanding" is the Brannen Building, on the south side of West Main St. running east from the corner of Walnut, which hosts a row of five storefronts. The storefronts have pressed metal pilasters and cornices.[2]

The next two buildings further east, each with three storefronts, are also included. And the first two buildings on the north side of West Main St. running east, with three and two storefronts respectively.[2]:11 Four of the buildings are two-story and one is one-story.[2]:3 Some were built by local builder L.R. Blackburn.[2]

Statesboro was the subject of a wider survey of historic resources completed at the same time as the NRHP nomination for the district.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Janice E. Adams (July 12, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: West Main Street Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 8, 2017. With four photos (see photo captions page 10 of text).
  3. Janice E. Adams and Richard Cloues (July 12, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Resources of Downtown Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia". National Park Service. Retrieved April 8, 2017.


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