National Register of Historic Places - Virginia (VA), Bristol County

Bristol County Virginia has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bristol Railroad Station and Virginia Intermont College, Bristol Commercial Historic District, Bristol Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) and Bristol Virginia--Tennessee Slogan Sign.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Bristol County places including Walter P. Tinsley, Clarence B. Kearfott, Hoffmeister & Mould Beaver, James Knox Taylor, James Wetmore, G.M. and G.C. Stone, Clarence B. Keaton, Hoffmeister & Doriot, Clarence Kearfott and Charles Baker Kearfott. Prominent architectural styles found in Bristol Country are Classical Revival, Early Commercial and Italianate.

Bristol Commercial Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000441)

Also known as SU-7005-SU-7049, 102-5017-0001-102-5017-0037

Roughly along State, Piedmont, Moore, Shelby, Bank, Progress, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Sts. , Bristol

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Keaton, Clarence B., Taylor, James Knox

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Beaux Arts

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Manufacturing Facility, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Manufacturing Facility, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

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Bristol Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2017 - - #100001640)

Also known as VDHR# 102-5035

40-115 Piedmont Ave., Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Stone, G.M. and G.C., Wetmore, James, Kearfott, Clarence B.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Bristol Railroad Station (added 1980 - - #80004173)

State and Washington Sts. , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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Bristol Virginia--Tennessee Slogan Sign (added 1988 - - #88001568)

E. State St. , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Street Furniture/Object

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Street Furniture/Object

Bristol Warehouse Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000273)

Scott & Lee Sts., Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

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Douglass School (added 2005 - - #04001592)

Also known as File # 102-5021

711 Oakview Ave. , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Work In Progress

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Euclid Avenue Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000369)

Also known as VDHR # 102-5022-0001-0450

Along Sect. of Arlington, Euclid, Fairmount, Glenway, Highland, Lawrence, Piedmont Aves., Chester, Grove, Lindsey , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kearfott, Clarence

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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First Baptist Church (added 2015 - - #15000905)

Bristol (Independent City), Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1974 AD

King--Lancaster--McCoy--Mitchell House (added 1994 - - #94000793)

Also known as VDHR File No. 102-19

54 King St. , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hoffmeister & Doriot, Beaver, Hoffmeister & Mould

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Virginia High School (added 1997 - - #97000159)

Also known as Virginia Middle School;VDHR Site No. 102-30

501 Piedmont Ave. , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic, School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

School

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Virginia Hill Historic District (added 2002 - - #02001447)

Sections of Moore, Lee, Russell, Clinton, Spencer, W. Mary and Buchanan Sts. , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Virginia Intermont College (added 1984 - - #84000032)

Also known as VHLC File No. 102-14

Moore and Harmeling Sts. , Bristol (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Tinsley,Walter P.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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