Alexander City Commercial Historic District

Portions of Broad, Main, Green, Alabama, Jefferson Sts. and Courthouse Sq., Alexander City, Alabama. County/parish: Tallapoosa.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 22, 2000. NRIS 00000711.

32 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Alexander City Commercial Historic District

Alexander City Commercial Historic District, in Alexander City, Alabama, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The listing includes 32 contributing buildings and a contributing site on 8 acres (3.2 ha).

The district includes portions of Broad, Main, Green, Alabama, and Jefferson Sts. and it includes Courthouse Square. It includes 17 non-contributing buildings.

It includes Commercial block architecture.

Selected buildings included are:

City Hall (1974), 4 Court Square, designed in New Formalism style.
Tallapoosa County Courthouse/Old City Hall (1938), 82 Court Square, designed by Atlanta architects Robert and Company, Inc. An H-shaped brick building.

Masonic Lodge (c.1915), 115-123 Main, a three-story, two-part commercial block building; it once held the post office.
Graves Furniture Building (c.1930), 107 Main, a brick two-story, two-part commercial block; it has a flat parapet roof with

concrete dentil coping. "Graves Furniture" no longer appears on front of building.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77837430