Martinsville Historic District is a national

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located at Martinsville, Virginia. It encompasses 94 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in the

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of Martinsville. The buildings range in date from the early-19th century through the mid- 20th century and include notable examples of the Romanesque, Federal, and Colonial Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Henry County Courthouse (1824), People's Bank (1891), Globman's Department Store (c. 1915), Ford Building (1908), U.S. Post Office (1939), the Masonic Temple, the Henry Hotel (1921), the Martinsville Hotel (c. 1930), First National Bank Building (1925), the Knights of Pythias Building (1922), Oakley Apartment / Office Building (1935), the Chief Tassel Building (1930), First United Methodist Church of Martinsville (1922), Richardson's Motor Co. (c. 1918), Gravely Pin Factory (1907), and Sale Knitting Plant (1937). an
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

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Henry County Courthouse, 1 East Main Street, Martinsville, Martinsville, VA
1 photo and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Romanesque Revival architecture in Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Martinsville, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Martinsville, Virginia {{MartinsvilleVA-NRHP-stub