Foley Downtown Historic District
Foley Downtown Historic District | |
100s block of W. Laurel Ave, in 2012 | |
| Location | Parts of Alston, N & S McKenzie, AL 98, E & W Laurel, Myrtle, Rose, and W. Orange, Foley, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 30°24′24″N 87°41′02″W / 30.406667°N 87.683889°W |
| Area | 230.6 acres (93.3 ha) |
| Architect | Frank Lockwood; Warren, Knight & Davis et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001496[1] (original) 100003122 (increase) 12000316 (decrease) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 2005 |
| Boundary increase | September 20, 2019 |
| Boundary decrease | June 4, 2012 |
The Foley Downtown Historic District, in Foley, Alabama, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[2]
Its boundaries originally encompassed parts of Alston St., North and South McKenzie St., U.S. Route 98, East and West Laurel Ave., Myrtle Ave., Rose Ave., and West Orange Ave. until a boundary decrease on June 4, 2012. The boundary was extended in 2019.[1]
Buildings
The original listing included 29 contributing buildings and one contributing site on 230.6 acres (93.3 ha). It included:
- The Depot, the former railroad depot of Foley, which in 2003 was the Foley History Museum, at 125 East Laurel Avenue, (c. 1909; 1971; 1995). This is a one-story weatherboard Craftsman style depot building with a hipped and cross gable roof, decorative wood brackets, and a brick foundation. The building was moved to Magnolia Springs in 1971 but was then returned to its original site in Foley in 1995.
- A Masonic Temple building (c.1925), designed in Mission Revival style by George B. Rogers of Mobile, Alabama[3]
Architects with one or more projects there include Frank Lockwood and Warren, Knight & Davis.
Notes
- Architecture: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
- Historic function: Domestic; Commerce/trade; Government; Social; Religion; Industry/processing/extraction; Health Care
- Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Hotel; Specialty Store; Warehouse; Restaurant; City Hall; Meeting Hall
- Criteria: Event, Architecture/engineering
- Government: Government; Commerce/trade; Health Care; Recreation And Culture; Domestic; Landscape
- Subgovernment: Post Office; Specialty Store; Hospital; Auditorium; Park; Single Dwelling; Business
- Criteria: event, event, architecture/engineering, architecture/engineering
- Area: 19.4 acres
- Contributing buildings: 28
- Contributing sites: 1[4]
References
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places 2005 Weekly Lists" (PDF). nps.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
- ^ Pamela Sterne King; Christy Anderson (October 12, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Foley Downtown Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2019. With accompanying 29 photos from 2003, including #25 of the Masonic Temple
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foley Downtown Historic District (Boundary Decrease)". National Park Service. Retrieved May 19, 2019. With accompanying pictures