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Bowling Green Historic District

Coordinates: 38°03′03″N 77°21′00″W / 38.05083°N 77.35000°W / 38.05083; -77.35000
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Bowling Green Historic District
Shiloh Baptist Church
Bowling Green Historic District is located in Virginia
Bowling Green Historic District
Bowling Green Historic District is located in the United States
Bowling Green Historic District
LocationRoughly along and bounded by Bowling Green Bypass, Broadus Ave., Lakewood Rd., N. Main St., and Paige Rd., Bowling Green, Virginia
Coordinates38°03′03″N 77°21′00″W / 38.05083°N 77.35000°W / 38.05083; -77.35000
Area297 acres (120 ha)
Built1794 (1794)
ArchitectRose, David Jeptha; et al.
Architectural styleColonial, Greek Revival, et al.
NRHP reference No.03000439[1]
VLR No.171-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2003
Designated VLRMarch 19, 2003, November 30, 2005[2]

Bowling Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. The district encompasses 169 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure in the historic core of Bowling Green. Notable properties include the Rains House (1737), A. B. Chandler, Sr. House (late 1800s), Bowling Green United Methodist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church (1895), Antioch Christian Church (c. 1920), Union Bank and Trust Company (1912), Bowling Green Baptist Church (1898), Caroline County Clerk's Office (1907), Bowling Green Town Hall (early 1940s), “Glasselton” (1846), and the site of the New Hope Tavern and Lawn Hotel. The Caroline County Courthouse and the “Old Mansion” are separately listed.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ Stephen James (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bowling Green Historic District" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map