Foley Downtown Historic District

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Foley Downtown Historic District
100s W Laurel Ave Foley Sept 2012 01.jpg
100s block of W. Laurel Ave, in 2012
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LocationParts of Alston, N & S McKenzie, AL 98, E & W Laurel, Myrtle, Rose, and W. Orange,
Foley, Alabama
Coordinates 30°24′24″N87°41′02″W / 30.406667°N 87.683889°W / 30.406667; -87.683889
Area230.6 acres (93.3 ha)
Architect Frank Lockwood; Warren, Knight & Davis et al.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No. 04001496 [1]  (original)
100003122  (increase)
12000316  (decrease)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 2005
Boundary increaseSeptember 20, 2019
Boundary decreaseJune 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.

Contents

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:

Architects with one or more projects there include Frank Lockwood and Warren, Knight & Davis.

Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 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
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foley Downtown Historic District (Boundary Decrease)". National Park Service . Retrieved May 19, 2019. With accompanying pictures