South Boston Historic District

South Boston Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Along Railroad Ave., Ferry, Factory, and Main Sts., Wilborn Ave., N. Main St., Washington and Peach Aves., and Jeffress; Neighborhoods of Marshall Ave., New Brick Warehouse, Mizpah Church, N. Main St. South Boston, Virginia
Coordinates	36°41′57″N 78°54′10″W / 36.69917°N 78.90278°W / 36.69917; -78.90278Coordinates: 36°41′57″N 78°54′10″W / 36.69917°N 78.90278°W / 36.69917; -78.90278
Area	301.5 acres (122.0 ha)
Built	1854 (1854)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italianate
NRHP Reference #	86002471, 09000418 (Boundary Increase)
VLR #	130-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 26, 1986, June 11, 2009 (Boundary Increase)
Designated VLR	August 16, 1983, December 18, 2008

South Boston Historic District is a national historic district located at South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. The district includes 594 contributing buildings and 7 contributing structures in the Village of South Boston. It consists of industrial, commercial, and residential building types dating from the mid-19th century to the present. Notable buildings include the C.H. Friend School, New Brick Warehouse (c. 1930), Planters and Merchants Bank, Halifax Cotton Mill, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company tobacco prizery, former Liggett-Meyer Tobacco Company tobacco prizery, the Parkinson Block (1899), First Presbyterian Church (1887), First Baptist Church (c. 1900), and Mt. Olive Baptist Church (c. 1900).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary increase in 2009.