Blackstone Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Blackstone,

Nottoway County, Virginia Nottoway County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,642. Its county seat is Nottoway. It is situated south of the James River, thus making it a part of the Southside Virginia Regio ...

. It encompasses 272 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Blackstone. They include residential and commercial structures dating from the late-18th to early-20th centuries. They include notable examples of the

Late Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

, Queen Anne, and Romanesque styles. Notable buildings include the former Blackstone College for Girls (1922), First National Bank, Thomas M. Dillard House, Richmond F. Dillard House, Blackstone Public School Complex, Bagley House (1911), James D. Crawley House (1903), Blackstone Baptist Church (1907), Crenshaw United Methodist Church (1903), St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1916), and Blackstone Presbyterian Church (1901). The James D. Crawley House was designed by J. E. McDaniel, who was a local architect. Located in the district is the separately listed Schwartz Tavern. an
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in 1991.

Gallery

File:Blackstone, VA - Crensshaw United Methodist Church.JPG, Crenshaw United Methodist Church File:Thomas M. Dillard House.jpg, Thomas M. Dillard House File:James D. Crawley House.jpg, James D. Crawley House File:Federal Revival Post Office in Blackstone Virginia.jpg, Federal Post Office File:Roman Revival Baptist Church built in Blackstone Virginia in 1907.jpg, Romanesque Baptist Church built in 1907 File:Seays Park in Blackstone Virginia.jpg, Seay’s Park is the site of businessman Haney H. Seay’s residence. The Seay home used as the Blackstone Day School in the 1960s., and then part of Kenston Forest School. It was eventually torn down in the 1970s. The house was demolished in the early 1970s. File:The Town Library in a 1915 Colonial Revival House in Blackstone Virginia.jpg, The Town Library in a 1915 Colonial Revival House File:St Luke’s Episcopal Church built in Blackstone in 1898.jpg, St Luke’s Episcopal Church with Gothic Revival Architecture built in 1898 File:The Bagley House Blackstone Historic District.jpg, The 1911 Bagley House

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Nottoway County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Nottoway County, Virginia {{NottowayCountyVA-NRHP-stub