{"nrhp_refnum":"02000519","name":"Tazewill Historic District","other_names":["158-0005"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Main, Church, Tower, and Pine Sts., and Central Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tazewell","county":"Tazewell County","state":"VA","lat":37.11751901850005,"lon":-81.52065422470741,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 67-acre historic district in the town of Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, covering commercial buildings along Main Street and residential streets to the north (Tower, Church, Central and Pine). Its resources date from about 1832 into the mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for architecture and commerce. It preserves a county-seat town's commercial core, law offices, churches and houses, mostly from the Reconstruction and growth era (1866-1916). The buildings show a range of styles and vernacular house plans.","narrative":"Tazewell's historic district covers 67 acres of a Southwest Virginia county seat, originally laid out as Jeffersonville in 1800 in a narrow valley near the base of Rich Mountain. Hills confined growth to an east-west corridor along Main Street, with residential suburbs developing to the north after the Civil War. The district holds 112 contributing resources, including commercial blocks, a ca. 1832 brick jail, churches, schools and houses. Most buildings date from 1866 to 1916, when the town rebuilt and grew. Notable examples include the Romanesque-style Bank of Clinch Valley, the unusual cluster of law offices known as Lawyer's Row, Gothic Revival churches, and Queen Anne houses such as the Preston House, designed by William Pierce. Many homes follow vernacular plans such as the central-passage and T-plan. The district was listed for its commerce and architecture, with a period of significance running from 1832 to 1950.","period_of_significance":"1832-1950","architect_builder":"Pierce, William; Bryan, Andrew J.","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current uses include dwellings, post office, court house, businesses, meeting hall and religious facilities; some buildings have been altered, and a Lutheran church is demolished.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.929318-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/6839/41683954/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000519.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000519/ef16cfa2f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000519/ef16cfa2f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Erechtheus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TazewellCoCH.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Erechtheus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TazewellCoCH.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683954","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazewell_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901361"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/tazewell-county/tazewill-historic-district-02000519/"}