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Downtown St. Petersburg Historic District | |
Location | St. Petersburg, Florida |
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Coordinates | 27°46′34″N82°38′19″W / 27.77611°N 82.63861°W |
Area | 420 acres (1.7 km2) |
NRHP reference No. | 04000364 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 30, 2004 |
The Downtown St. Petersburg Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on April 30, 2004) located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The district is bounded by 5th Avenue N, Beach Drive NE, Central Avenue (St. Petersburg, Florida)Central Avenue, and 9th Street N. It contains 367 historic buildings and 7 objects.
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