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Floyd 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 Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia. It encompasses 164 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object (Confederate Memorial, 1904) in the
central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
and surrounding residential areas in the county seat of Floyd. They include residential commercial, institutional, and governmental buildings largely built between 1832 and 1955. Notable buildings include the Phlegar House (1816), Ferdinand A. Winston House (c. 1845), Henry Dillon House (1851), Floyd High School (1913), Horatio Howard Building (1897), Freezer Shirt Factory (1936), and Floyd County Courthouse (1951-1952). The district includes the separately listed
Floyd Presbyterian Church Floyd Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located on U.S. 221 in Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia. It was built in 1850, and is a one-story, three bay, brick church in the Greek Revival style. It has a front gable roof topped by ...
and
Glenanna Glenanna is a historic home located at Floyd, Floyd County, Virginia. It was built in 1849, and is a large two-story, double pile, brick dwelling in the Greek Revival style. The front facade features a massive, two-story, single-tier portico ...
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2005.


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File:Floyd, Va - Country Store.jpg, Country Store, home of famous "Friday Night Jamboree" of bluegrass music. File:Floyd, Va - Hardware store.jpg, Hardware store


References

Buildings and structures in Floyd County, Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Floyd County, Virginia {{FloydCountyVA-NRHP-stub