W.E. Lawrence Building - Bolivar Court Square Historic District - Bolivar, TN
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 15.397 W 088° 59.221
16S E 319237 N 3903311
Building 29 on the NHRP, and listed as 116 Warren St, whereas it is actually 108-110-112 Warren St.
Waymark Code: WMTWF0
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2017
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County of building: Hardeman County
Location of building: 108-10-12 Warren St., Bolivar
Occupant at listing: Bolivar Record Shop
Current Occupant: all three store front vacant
Building built: ca. 1900
"29. Bolivar Record Shop/W. E. Lawrence Building (116 Warren Street): ca. 1900, 2 story
brick, stepped parapet with corbelled brick cornice." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"The architecture of the courthouse and commercial buildings in the district illustrate the
effect of the Civil War on the economy of Bolivar. The first building reconstructed after
the war, and the most necessary, the courthouse, was completed in 1868. A few commercial
buildings were erected in the 1870s, but the majority were not built until after the 1880s.
Businesses either did not rebuild at once or occupied temporary quarters for many years.
The economic upheaval is reflected in the chronology of the commercial architecture of
this town." ~ NRHP Nomination Form