Gadsden Downtown Historic District

Historic district in Alabama, United States

United States historic place


Gadsden Downtown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Buildings on Broad Street in 2010
34°0′49″N 86°0′17″W / 34.01361°N 86.00472°W / 34.01361; -86.00472
Area	43 acres (17 ha)
Built	1883 (1883)
Architectural style	Gothic, Italianate, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	97001165^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 26, 1997

The Gadsden Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Gadsden, Alabama. The district represents the growth of the town through its industrial heyday from the late 1870s to the late 1940s. The earliest buildings in the district include examples of highly decorated Italianate styles, including the 1904 Gadsden Times-News Building. Early 20th-century buildings began showing less applied decoration, instead drawing visual variety from the brickwork itself. Later buildings begin to incorporate modern materials in their construction, including concrete, decorative glass, and enameled panels. There are three significant churches in the district that represent revivalist architectural styles:the Gothic Revival First Methodist Church (built 1894), the Neoclassical First Baptist Church (built 1926), and the Romanesque St. James Catholic Church (built 1927). The Post Office and Courthouse, built in 1910, exhibits Italian Renaissance Revival style.^[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
^ Nelson, Linda; Trina Binkley (December 31, 1996). "Gadsden Downtown Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014. See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.