Jasper Downtown Historic District

Historic district in Alabama, United States

United States historic place


Jasper Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	Roughly bounded by 17th St., Corona Ave., 20th St., and 8th Ave., Jasper, Alabama
Area	400 acres (160 ha)
Architect	Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore (post office) Smith & Cater (jail)
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Beaux-Arts and Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	04000233
Added to NRHP	March 31, 2004

The Jasper Downtown Historic District comprises 400 acres (160 ha) of Jasper, Alabama, centered on the county courthouse. Most of the buildings in the district are commercial, with other uses including the Masonic Temple, the post office and city hall, several houses and a number of warehouses. Most of the buildings were built in the 1920s through the 1940s. A variety of architectural styles are preserved, including Beaux-Arts and Art Deco.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 31, 2004.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
King, Pamela Sterne; Anderson, Christy. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jasper Downtown Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

External links

Media related to Jasper Downtown Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-909, "First Methodist Church, 1900 Third Avenue North, Jasper, Walker County, AL", 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. AL-979, "John Hollis Bankhead House, 1400 Seventh Avenue, Jasper, Walker County, AL", 1 photo, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. AL-908, "Confederate Veterans' Memorial, Courthouse Square, Jasper, Walker County, AL", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. AL-910, "G. W. Posey Store, Twentieth Street & Elliot Boulevard, Jasper, Walker County, AL", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
HABS No. AL-948, "Temple Emanu El, 1501 Fifth Avenue North, Jasper, Walker County, AL", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page

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