Virginia Commercial Historic District

Chestnut St. between 1st and 6th Aves., Virginia, Minnesota. County/parish: St. Louis.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 31, 1997. NRIS 97000020.

78 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Virginia Commercial Historic District

The Virginia Commercial Historic District is a designation applied to the historic downtown of Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It comprises 78 contributing properties built from 1900 to 1941. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 for its local significance in the theme of commerce. It was nominated for representing an early-20th-century business district and Virginia's development as a mining boomtown and tourism gateway.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93203046

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