Main Street Historic District (Marion, North Carolina)

Main Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	Roughly bounded by US 70 and Garden, State and Logan Sts., Marion, North Carolina
Coordinates:	35°41′4″N 82°0′35″W / 35.68444°N 82.00972°W / 35.68444; -82.00972Coordinates: 35°41′4″N 82°0′35″W / 35.68444°N 82.00972°W / 35.68444; -82.00972
Area:	21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built:	1894
Architect:	Stillwell,Erle
Architectural style:	Classical Revival, Chicago, Commercial Style
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Downtown Marion MPS
NRHP Reference#:	91000292[1]
Added to NRHP:	March 28, 1991

The Main Street Historic District in Marion, North Carolina is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. As of 1991, it included 36 buildings deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area and one other contributing site.^[1]

Specifically included in the Main Street Historic District are: four churches: St. John's Episcopal Church (1882), First Baptist (1914), First Presbyterian (1923), and St. Matthews Lutheran (1935); two former hotels: the Eagle Hotel, which survived the 1894 fire, and the Hotel Marianna (1910); a bank on Main Street built in 1903; the McDowell County Courthouse, which was constructed in 1928; the Marion Depot (1860s), which is the oldest surviving depot on the Western Rail Line; the Public Library (1937), which was originally built as a post office; and the Marion Community Building, built in 1937^[2]. Projects are currently underway to revitalize the downtown area as well as to maintain and restore the character of the long-standing buildings.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places: McDowell County". NationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesDotCom (a private website mirroring National Park Service NRIS data). http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NC/McDowell/state.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12.