Downing Street Historic District

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Downing Street Historic District
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LocationDowning St. between 3rd and 4th Sts., Hollister, Missouri
Coordinates 36°37′23″N93°12′56″W / 36.62306°N 93.21556°W / 36.62306; -93.21556 Coordinates: 36°37′23″N93°12′56″W / 36.62306°N 93.21556°W / 36.62306; -93.21556
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1909 (1909)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial, Elizabethan
NRHP reference No. 78001678 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 29, 1978

Downing Street Historic District, also known as The English Village, is a national historic district located at Hollister, Taney County, Missouri. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings built between 1909 and the 1920s as part of a planned village in the Tudor Revival style. The buildings feature walls made of stone and stucco in a light beige color, with decorative boards painted a dark brown. Notable buildings include the U.S. Post Office - Gwinn Ceramics, Christian Science Society, Ye Old English Inn, and Hollister City Hall (formerly Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot, 1910). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Francis H. Coffin, Viola Hartmann, James M. Denny, and Claire F. Blackwell (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downing Street Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 6 photographs)