Floyd Historic District is a national historic district located at Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia. It encompasses 164 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object (Confederate Memorial, 1904) in the central business district and surrounding residential areas in the county seat of Floyd. They include residential commercial, institutional, and governmental buildings largely built between 1832 and 1955. Notable buildings include the Phlegar House (1816), Ferdinand A. Winston House (c. 1845), Henry Dillon House (1851), Floyd High School (1913), Horatio Howard Building (1897), Freezer Shirt Factory (1936), and Floyd County Courthouse (1951-1952). The district includes the separately listed Floyd Presbyterian Church and Glenanna.[3]
Floyd Historic District | |
 Confederate monument in front of Floyd County courthouse | |
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| Location | Floyd, Virginia: centered along Main and Osford Sts. bet. Penn Ave., and Baker St. and Sweeney and Nira St. |
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| Coordinates | 36°54′43″N 80°19′10″W / 36.91194°N 80.31944°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001266[1] |
| VLR No. | 219-0015 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 16, 2005 |
| Designated VLR | September 14, 2005[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
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Country Store, home of famous "Friday Night Jamboree" of bluegrass music. -
Hardware store
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Michael J. Pulice; Patricia Dillon; Kathleen Ingoldsby; Belinda C. Reeder (June 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Floyd Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map
