Appomattox Historic District

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Appomattox Historic District
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Appomattox Depot (now Appomattox Visitor Center), Appomattox Historic District, March 2013
Appomattox Historic District is located in Virginia
Appomattox Historic District
Location Roughly along High, Church, Highland, VA 131, Linden, Lee Grant, Oakleigh and Evergreen, Appomattox, Virginia
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Area 199 acres (81 ha)
Built 1845
Architect Robinson, Charles; et.al.
Architectural style Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 02000510[1]
VLR # 165-5002
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 16, 2002
Designated VLR September 12, 2001[2]

The Appomattox Historic District national historic district located at Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia. It contains 297 contributing buildings, 6 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in Appomattox. It includes Courthouse Square, the commercial district surrounding the railroad tracks, the Appomattox depot (1923), and surrounding residential areas dating back to the 19th century. Notable buildings include the Appomattox Courthouse (1892), Appomattox County Jail (1895-1897), County Office Building (1940), Knickerbocker Hotel (1892), Bank of Appomattox (1906), Appomattox Middle School (1908), Appomattox Pentecostal Holiness Church (c. 1900), and "The Nebraska House" (1854, 1872, c. 1896).[3]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1] It is two miles southwest of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Even though the park and the district share many of the same building names, for example, the court house and the jail, they are different buildings in different locations.

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