Foley Downtown Historic District

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

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Foley Downtown Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| image = 100s W Laurel Ave Foley Sept 2012 01.jpg

| caption = 100s block of W. Laurel Ave, in 2012

| location = Parts of Alston, N & S McKenzie, AL 98, E & W Laurel, Myrtle, Rose, and W. Orange,
Foley, Alabama

| coordinates={{coord|30.406667|N|87.683889|W|source:NOTNRIS2013a|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Alabama

| architect = Frank Lockwood; Warren, Knight & Davis et al.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.

| added = January 19, 2005

| area = {{convert|230.6|acre|ha}}

| refnum = 04001496{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

| decrease_refnum = 12000316

| decrease = June 4, 2012

| increase_refnum = 100003122

| increase = September 20, 2019

}}

The Foley Downtown Historic District, in Foley, Alabama, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.{{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places 2005 Weekly Lists |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2005-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=nps.gov}}

Its boundaries originally encompassed parts of Alston St., North and South McKenzie St., U.S. Route 98, East and West Laurel Ave., Myrtle Ave., Rose Ave., and West Orange Ave. until a boundary decrease on {{dts|2012|6|4}}. The boundary was extended in 2019.

Buildings

The original listing included 29 contributing buildings and one contributing site on {{convert|230.6|acre|ha}}. It included:

The Depot, the former railroad depot of Foley, which in 2003 was the Foley History Museum, at 125 East Laurel Avenue, (c. 1909; 1971; 1995). This is a one-story weatherboard Craftsman style depot building with a hipped and cross gable roof, decorative wood brackets, and a brick foundation. The building was moved to Magnolia Springs in 1971 but was then returned to its original site in Foley in 1995.
A Masonic Temple building (c.1925), designed in Mission Revival style by George B. Rogers of Mobile, Alabama{{cite web|author=Pamela Sterne King|author2=Christy Anderson|date=October 12, 2003|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Foley Downtown Historic District|url={{NRHP url|id=04001496}}|accessdate=May 19, 2019|publisher=National Park Service}} With {{NRHP url|id=04001496|photos=y|title=accompanying 29 photos from 2003, including #25 of the Masonic Temple}}

Architects with one or more projects there include Frank Lockwood and Warren, Knight & Davis.

Notes

Architecture: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, et al.
Historic function: Domestic; Commerce/trade; Government; Social; Religion; Industry/processing/extraction; Health Care
Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Hotel; Specialty Store; Warehouse; Restaurant; City Hall; Meeting Hall
Criteria: Event, Architecture/engineering
Government: Government; Commerce/trade; Health Care; Recreation And Culture; Domestic; Landscape
Subgovernment: Post Office; Specialty Store; Hospital; Auditorium; Park; Single Dwelling; Business
Criteria: event, event, architecture/engineering, architecture/engineering
Area: 19.4 acres
Contributing buildings: 28
Contributing sites: 1{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=12000316}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foley Downtown Historic District (Boundary Decrease) |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=May 19, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=12000316|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}

References

Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Baldwin County, Alabama

Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Alabama

Category:Tudor Revival architecture in Alabama