East Main Street Commercial 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

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, USA. The district encompasses Palmyra's downtown business area and contains two blocks of solid, brick 19th century commercial architecture. These almost unbroken commercial facades are two and three stories high with a variety of cornice detail and first floor treatment. Included are a number of

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storefronts. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1974. In 2009, it was included in the

Palmyra Village Historic District Palmyra Village Historic District is a national historic district at Palmyra in Wayne County, New York. The district includes 207 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 7 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object. It encompasse ...

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