National Register of Historic Places

Tazewell Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia

Listed

August 14, 2016

Type

District

Period

Listed

Ref No.

16000541

About this property

Tazewell Historic District is a national historic district located at Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia. The district encompasses 112 contributing buildings in central business district and surrounding residential area of the town of Tazewell. The most notable building is the Tazewell County Courthouse. It was built in 1874, and rebuilt in 1913 in a Classical Revival style. Other notable buildings include the Old Jail (c. 1832), Clinch Valley News Building, Stras Memorial Episcopal Church (1884), Tazewell Christian Church (1898), Clinch Valley Bank (1889), J. A. Greever Building (1914), Greever and Gillespie Law Office Building (1897), Tazewell High School (1931), Tazewell Masonic Lodge #62 (1931), Tazewell Post Office (1936), and Tazewell Presbyterian Church (1924, 1959). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, and had a boundary increase in 2016.

Location

100 blk. W. Fincastle Tnpk., 200-300 blks. W. Main & 300 blk. W. Pine Sts.

Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia

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When was Tazewell Historic District (Boundary Increase) listed on the National Register?

Tazewell Historic District (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2016.

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Tazewell Historic District (Boundary Increase) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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