Avondale Historic District (Alexander City, Alabama)
Avondale Historic District | |
Location | Bet. Rose Ave. and Scott St., Hillabee St. and 7th St., Alexander City, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 32°56′24″N 85°56′28″W / 32.94000°N 85.94111°WCoordinates: 32°56′24″N 85°56′28″W / 32.94000°N 85.94111°W |
Area | 750 acres (3.0 km2) |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Tudor Revival, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 05000837[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 9, 2005 |
The Avondale Historic District in Alexander City, Alabama, is a 750 acres (3.0 km2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
The district includes a textile mill building, formerly the Avondale Mills, which closed in 2006 and is now known as Parkdale Mills.
It includes a total of 428 contributing buildings and a contributing site, as well as 79 non-contributing buildings or structures, in an area roughly between Rose Ave. and Scott St., Hillabee St. and 7th St. in Alexander City.[2]
It includes two sections that were developed at the same time: the Avondale Mill Village which was built and operated by the , and the adjacent Oak Lawn neighborhood, whose residents also worked for the mill. The mill village includes a textile mile, workers' houses, a superintendent's house, and two churches. The Oak Lawn neighborhood includes a row of commercial block buildings on 8th Avenue, a store on 6th Avenue, four brick or brick veneer commercial buildings on Hillabee St., a warehouse, two more churches, and many residences (mostly one-story wood houses, but some duplexes and one triplex). The two areas are divided by Central of Georgia railroad tracks.[2]
Residences in the district include many Craftsman style bungalows, some Tudor Revival architecture, and other styles, as well as vernacular buildings.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Pamela Sterne King; Christy Anderson (August 30, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Avondale Historic District / Avondale Mill Village / Oak Lawn". National Park Service. Retrieved October 9, 2019. With accompanying 19 photos from 2003 and 2005
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- National Register of Historic Places in Tallapoosa County, Alabama
- American Craftsman architecture in Alabama
- Bungalow architecture in Alabama
- Tudor Revival architecture in Alabama
- Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs