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Calhoun Street Historic District

Coordinates: 30°26′47″N 84°16′44″W / 30.44639°N 84.27889°W / 30.44639; -84.27889
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Calhoun Street Historic District
Calhoun Street Historic District is located in Florida
Calhoun Street Historic District
Calhoun Street Historic District is located in the United States
Calhoun Street Historic District
LocationTallahassee, Florida
Coordinates30°26′47″N 84°16′44″W / 30.44639°N 84.27889°W / 30.44639; -84.27889
Area21 acres (85,000 m2)
NRHP reference No.79000677
Added to NRHP24 October 1979[1]

The Calhoun Street Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on October 24, 1979) located in Tallahassee, Florida. The district is on Calhoun Street between US 90 and SR 61. It contains 16 historic buildings. The district is considered to be one of the oldest standing residential neighborhoods in Tallahassee, dating to the 1840s. Houses on Calhoun Street were primarily built in the periods of 1841-1860 and 1879-1912, at which time the street was nicknamed the "Gold Dust" street for its prosperous residents.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – Calhoun Street Historic District (#79000677)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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