Floyd Historic District

Floyd, in the Blue Ridge plateau of southwestern Virginia, was laid out in the early 1830s as the seat of newly formed Floyd County. The historic district takes in most of the small town, with the courthouse and the densest cluster of commercial buildings at Main and Locust Streets. Early landmarks include brick work by builder Henry Dillon, such as the Greek Revival house Glenanna and the Floyd Presbyterian Church. Around 1910 to 1914, several downtown buildings were made of locally quarried soapstone cut into brick-sized blocks. Late Victorian and Georgian Revival houses, the 1913 high school, the 1936 shirt factory, homes by builder Lather Hylton and the 1951 Moderne courthouse show the town's growth through 1955. Floyd was listed for its role as the county's political and commercial center and for the architectural quality and integrity of its historic buildings, which span more than a century of small-town development.