Athens Downtown Historic District
Athens Downtown Historic District is a registered historic district in Athens, Ohio, listed in the National Register on September 30, 1982. It contains 88 contributing buildings, made from an assortment of materials.
Athens Downtown Historic District | |
 North Court Street between Washington and Carpenter Streets | |
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| Location | N. Court St. between Carpenter and Union Sts. and Congress and College Sts., Athens, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′48″N 82°6′5″W |
| Area | 215 acres (0.87 km2) |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian[1] |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003541[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1982[1] |
The architecture is in the style of Late Victorian with periods of significance from 1900–1924, 1875–1899, and 1850–1874. The downtown district is currently being used for Commerce / Trade, Domestic, Education, and Government.[1]
The district has a number of contiguous contributing buildings, many with brick facades, bracketed cornices, and decorative arched stone lintels.[2]
Historic uses
- College
- Manufacturing Facility
- Extractive Facility
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
- Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). "Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2". Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 39.
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