Ragon Building - Bolivar Court Square Historic District - Bolivar, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 35° 15.365 W 088° 59.284
16S E 319141 N 3903254
Building is number 8 on the NRHP listing.
Waymark Code: WMTWFK
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/14/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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Coiunty of building: Hardeman County
Location of building: Main St. & W. Market St., Bolivar
Occupant at listing: Unknown
Current occupant: Vacant
Building built: Ragon Building, 1878

"8. Ragon Building (101 West Market Street): 1878, 2 story brick with round-headed windows at 2nd story level, shaped parapet, round windows on east elevation." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

"The stylistic transition moves from the sedately ornamented 1852 Coleman Building (No. 21); to the Victorian, three-section, effusively decorated commercial building at the corner of Market and Main Streets (No. 6) and the Ragon Building (No. 8), both of which were erected in 1878; to the relatively plainer, utilitarian buildings of the nineties, such as the 1890 building that houses Cates Jewelers and Purple Daisy (No.7)." ~ NRHP Nomination Form

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Bolivar Court Square Historic District

Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]

NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link]

Address:
101 W. Market St., Bolivar, TN 38008


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