Downtown Salem Historic District (Salem, Virginia)

Downtown Salem Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Main Street in Salem
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Location	Roughly, Main St. from Broad St. to College Ave., Salem, Virginia
Coordinates	37°17′36″N 80°3′24″W
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1838 (1838)
Architect	Craighill & Cardwell; Huggins, Henry Hartwell, et al.
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	96000591[1]
VLR No.	129-0075
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 5, 1996
Designated VLR	March 20, 1996[2]

Downtown Salem Historic District is a national historic district located at Salem, Virginia. The district encompasses 34 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in downtown Salem. The district includes primarily mixed-use commercial buildings, but also includes churches, dwellings, a courthouse, a post office, a library, a park, and the covered stalls of a farmer's market. The buildings mostly date from the late-19th and early-20th century and are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne. Notable buildings include the Stevens House or "Old Post House" (1820s-1830s), Kizer-Webber Building (1883-1886), Duval-Oakey House (1891-1898), Salem High School (former, 1911-1912), Old Salem Municipal Building and Fire Department (1925), Quality Bakery Building (c. 1903-1913), Olde Newberry Building (1929), Salem Theater (former, 1930), and James J. True Building (1927). Located in the district are the separately listed Old Roanoke County Courthouse, Salem Presbyterian Church, and Salem Post Office.^[3]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
3. Leslie A. Giles (November 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Downtown Salem Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map