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Blackstone Historic District

Blackstone Historic District
Blackstone, VA - commercial building.JPG
110 S. Main Street, listed as part of the District, seen in April, 2015
Blackstone Historic District is located in Virginia
Blackstone Historic District
Blackstone Historic District is located in the US
Blackstone Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Mann, Dillard, Tavern, S. High, Oak, Eighth and Freeman Sts. and the Norfolk and Western RR tracks, Blackstone, Virginia
Coordinates 37°4′29″N 78°00′13″W / 37.07472°N 78.00361°W / 37.07472; -78.00361Coordinates: 37°4′29″N 78°00′13″W / 37.07472°N 78.00361°W / 37.07472; -78.00361
Area 208 acres (84 ha)
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 90002174
VLR # 142-0007
Significant dates
Added to NRHP January 25, 1991
Designated VLR February 20, 1990

Blackstone Historic District is a national historic district located at Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia. It encompasses 272 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Blackstone. They include residential and commercial structures dating from the late-18th to early-20th centuries. They include notable examples of the Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, and Romanesque styles. Notable buildings include the former Blackstone College for Girls (1922), First National Bank, Thomas M. Dillard House, Richmond F. Dillard House, Blackstone Public School Complex, Bagley House (1911), Blackstone Baptist Church (1907), Crenshaw United Methodist Church (1903), St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1916), and Blackstone Presbyterian Church (1901). Located in the district is the separately listed Schwartz Tavern.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.



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