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Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District is a national
Chesapeake Western Railway Station (1913) is a brick building with two sections, the tow-story front section contains a passenger and office area while the one-story rear section was built for freight. Trim, belt courses, window sills, and lintels on the facade are made of Indiana limestone. The main entrance is ornamented with red-tinted concrete with a crosshatched surface. The building was damaged by fire 1982 and in the 1990's the building was rented out as warehouse space. The building was refurbished as office space and tenants occupied it in July 2016.
Rockingham Milling Co buildings: Rockingham Milling Co was founded in 1919 and began production of flour and feed in 1921. The main building is a three-story brick roller mill built in 1920. The north side has a black and white advertising sign originally painted in the 1920s or early 1930s and repainted over time. in 1923 a two-story brick warehouse was added on the south end. That warehouse was extended in the late 20th century by a prefab metal building on a concrete foundation. Behind the building is a quartet of cylindrical glazed tile block grain bins that date to the 1920s.
Other notable buildings include Joseph Ney's Department Store (1951), First Presbyterian Church, Grattan Building (1870s), Hess Furniture Building, Octagon House, and the Maude Snyder House (c. 1900).
Located in the district and separately listed are Rockingham County Courthouse, Thomas Harrison House, and
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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 Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2 ...
. The district encompasses 161 contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing objects 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 ...
of Harrisonburg. The district includes a variety of commercial, residential, institutional, and governmental buildings dating from the late-18th to mid-20th century. There are notable examples of the Queen Anne and Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
styles.
It was listed on the 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.
Notable buildings
Chesapeake Western Railway Station (1913) is a brick building with two sections, the tow-story front section contains a passenger and office area while the one-story rear section was built for freight. Trim, belt courses, window sills, and lintels on the facade are made of Indiana limestone. The main entrance is ornamented with red-tinted concrete with a crosshatched surface. The building was damaged by fire 1982 and in the 1990's the building was rented out as warehouse space. The building was refurbished as office space and tenants occupied it in July 2016.
Rockingham Milling Co buildings: Rockingham Milling Co was founded in 1919 and began production of flour and feed in 1921. The main building is a three-story brick roller mill built in 1920. The north side has a black and white advertising sign originally painted in the 1920s or early 1930s and repainted over time. in 1923 a two-story brick warehouse was added on the south end. That warehouse was extended in the late 20th century by a prefab metal building on a concrete foundation. Behind the building is a quartet of cylindrical glazed tile block grain bins that date to the 1920s.
Other notable buildings include Joseph Ney's Department Store (1951), First Presbyterian Church, Grattan Building (1870s), Hess Furniture Building, Octagon House, and the Maude Snyder House (c. 1900).
Located in the district and separately listed are Rockingham County Courthouse, Thomas Harrison House, and Joshua Wilton House
Joshua Wilton House, also known as the Shank House and Tau Kappa Epsilon House, is a historic home located at Harrisonburg, Virginia. It was built in 1888, and is a -story, central plan, brick eclectic Late Victorian dwelling. It has two projec ...
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References
National Register of Historic Places in Harrisonburg, Virginia Queen Anne architecture in Virginia Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Buildings and structures in Harrisonburg, Virginia {{HarrisonburgVA-NRHP-stub