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Fort Payne Residential Historic District - 176 |
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This district contains the best concentration of late 19th & early 20th century middle-class residences built during Fort Payne's coal & iron industry boom (1888-1891) & the hosiery mill industry boom (1909-1938). Laid out in a grid pattern with the main thoroughfares running NE to SW, following the natural contour of the valley, this district consists of 81 structures located on sections of Grand, Alabama & Forest Avenues, & portions of 2nd, 4th, Curry & Elm Streets, NW. Included in the district are good examples of the Queen Anne, American Foursquare & Bungalow styles of architecture, as well as the Gothic Revival of the First United Methodist Church. This district was admitted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1988. (Erected 1989 during the city's centennial celebration by Landmarks & the City of Fort Payne) Fort Payne 1989 Fort Payne Boom Town Historic Around 1889-1891 Fort Payne experienced a great District industrial boom due to promotion by New England investors who speculated greatly on the area's mineral deposits. During this period several highly ornate commercial & civic buildings, along with the planned park, were constructed along Gault Avenue. The Fort Payne Opera House & other buildings in the same block constructed by the Fort Payne Coal & Iron Co., together with the Sawyer Building, the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Depot & Union Park retain the integrity of the boom town era & comprise a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, the year of Fort Payne's centennial. (Erected 1989 by Landmarks & the City of Fort Payne) Location: DeKalb County Fort Payne
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