Clarksville Historic District

Clarksville Historic District covers roughly 109 acres of the historic core of a Southside Virginia river town, laid out in 1818 where the Dan and Roanoke Rivers met. A reservoir created in the early 1950s flooded the eastern edge of the original town grid, but the western portion and later expansion blocks survive. Of 195 buildings, 171 contribute to the district. Virginia Avenue holds the commercial core, much of it rebuilt after an 1893 fire, including the 1909 Planters Bank, former theaters, tobacco warehouses, a hotel and early service stations. Six historic churches in Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles date from about 1832 to 1947, and a 1934 WPA-funded school building stands on Virginia Avenue. Roughly 150 dwellings, from the 1820s and 1830s to 1952, include Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Craftsman examples alongside local vernacular forms. The district is significant for this intact, varied collection of buildings.