Main Street 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 Hendersonville,

Henderson County, North Carolina Henderson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 116,281. Its county seat is Hendersonville, North Carolina, Hendersonville. ...

. The district encompasses 65 contributing buildings 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 Hendersonville. The commercial and governmental buildings include notable examples of

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Henderson County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Huggins Building (c. 1850), Cole Bank Building (c. 1880), Justus Pharmacy, Davis Store block (1900), The Federal Building (1914), Maxwell Store Building (c. 1910), Pace's Market (c. 1925), J. C. Penney Building (1939), and Lampley Motors (c. 1945). It was listed on the

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in 1989, with a boundary increase in 2006.

Gallery

File:Peoples National Bank.jpg, Peoples National Bank, 2014 File:Old State Trust Company and Citizen's Bank.jpg, Old State Trust Company and Citizen's Bank, 2014 File:First Bank & Trust Company Building.jpg, First Bank & Trust Company Building, 2014 File:400 Block of N. Main Street.jpg, 400 Block of N. Main Street, 2014 File:Henderson County Courthouse.jpg, Henderson County Courthouse, 2009

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Henderson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Henderson County, North Carolina Hendersonville, North Carolina {{HendersonCountyNC-NRHP-stub