The North Main Street Historic District in

Bolivar, Tennessee Bolivar, officially the City of Bolivar, is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,417. History Bolivar was named for South American revolutionary leader Si ...

is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

which was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1980. It then included 25

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 dist ...

and 11 non-contributing ones. It includes portions of N. Main, Sycamore, Jefferson, Washing, and Water Streets. With . Notable buildings include: *Baker House (c.1849), also known as "Mansion House", at 517 North Main Street, is a

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

house with a two-story

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

having paired columns with

volutes A volute is a spiral, scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order, found in the Capital (architecture), capital of the Ionic column. It was later incorporated into Corinthian order and Composite order, Composite column capitals. ...

(see photo #1 in accompanying photos).

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Greek Revival architecture in Tennessee Victorian architecture in Tennessee Hardeman County, Tennessee {{HardemanCountyTN-NRHP-stub