Blackstone Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Virginia, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Blackstone Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = February 20, 1990{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead}}

| designated_other1_number = 142-0007

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = File:Blackstone, VA - commercial building.JPG

| caption = 110 S. Main Street, listed as part of the District, seen in April, 2015

| location = Roughly bounded by Mann, Dillard, Tavern, S. High, Oak, Eighth and Freeman Sts. and the Norfolk and Western RR tracks, Blackstone, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|37|4|29|N|78|00|13|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| architect = Multiple

| architecture = Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Romanesque

| added = January 25, 1991

| area = {{convert|208|acre}}

| refnum = 90002174{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Blackstone Historic District is a national historic district located at Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia.

It encompasses 272 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Blackstone. They include residential and commercial structures dating from the late-18th to early-20th centuries. They include notable examples of the Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, and Romanesque styles. Notable buildings include the former Blackstone College for Girls (1922), First National Bank, Thomas M. Dillard House, Richmond F. Dillard House, Blackstone Public School Complex, Bagley House (1911), James D. Crawley House (1903), Blackstone Baptist Church (1907), Crenshaw United Methodist Church (1903), St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1916), and Blackstone Presbyterian Church (1901). The James D. Crawley House was designed by J. E. McDaniel, who was a local architect. Located in the district is the separately listed Schwartz Tavern.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Nottoway/142-0007_Blackstone_Historic_District_1991_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blackstone Historic District |author=James E. Wootton and David A. Edwards |date=February 1990 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources }} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Nottoway/BlackstoneHD_Photo.htm Accompanying photo] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113204353/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Nottoway/Blackstone_modified.pdf Accompanying map]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.