109 North Military Street - Lawrenceburg Commercial Historic District - Lawrenceburg, TN[
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N 35° 14.488 W 087° 20.089
16S E 469537 N 3899871
Building Number 3 on the NRHP map.
Waymark Code: WMWJBW
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2017
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County of building: Lawrence County
location of building: 109 N. Military St.
Historic Occupant: Ivy Palace
Occupant at listing: Vacant
Current Occupant: Vacant
Building built: ca. 1920
"3. 109 North Military Street
Vacant
ca. 1920
Two-part commercial block. Two-story brick, stone foundation,
rectangular plan, 1/1 light windows, aluminum storefront. (C)" ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"During the 1920s and 1930s, however, commercial activity began a slow shift
from the square to the axis created by the intersection of Gaines Street
and North Military Street one block north of the square. This was due to
the increasing importance of the Pulaski-Waynesboro Highway and of
automobile traffic. Of the ten properties in the 100 block of North
Military, seven were built after 1920. This commercial shift northward
became even more pronounced after 1929-1930, when Gaines Street became part
of the James K. Polk Highway (Tennessee Highway 15, now U. S. Highway 64).
Indeed, the commercial development of the 200 block of North Military is
clearly dependent on the construction of the new federal highway, with such
important buildings as the 1936 Classical Revival post office at 218 North
Military quickly becoming a new center of activity.'" ~ NRHP Nomination Form