Water Avenue Historic District

The Water Avenue Historic District is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) historic district in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. It is centered on Water Avenue in downtown. The boundaries were increased on July 7, 2005. The district is primarily commercial, with examples of the Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and Renaissance Revival styles. It contains 52 properties, with 47 contributing and 5 noncontributing to the district.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1972, with boundary increases in 2005 and 2021.^[1]

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Water Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	Water Ave. bounded by Lauderdale, MLK Blvd., Beech Creek, Alabama R, Selma, Alabama
Coordinates	32°24′26″N 87°1′1″W / 32.40722°N 87.01694°W / 32.40722; -87.01694
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.	72000160^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 26, 1972
Boundary increases	July 7, 2005 June 25, 2021

References Edit

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Water Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 15, 2013. See also: "Boundary increase". "Accompanying photos".

Media related to Water Avenue Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-713, "St. James Hotel, 1200 Water Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL", 13 photos

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