117 North Military Street - Lawrenceburg Commercial Historic District - Lawrenceburg, TN
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YoSam.
N 35° 14.496 W 087° 20.085
16S E 469543 N 3899887
Building Number 7 on the NRHP map.
Waymark Code: WMWJC3
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2017
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County of building: Lawrence County
location of building: 117 N. Military St.
Historic Occupant: Unknown
Occupant at listing: Gobble Law Offices
Current Occupant: State Finance
Building built: ca. 1900
"7. 117 North Military Street
Gobble Law Offices
ca. 1900
Two-part commercial block. Two-story brick, rectangular plan,
altered carrera glass storefront, recessed entry, metal awning on
windows second floor, tile roof coping. (C)" ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"....Seven years later, on October 6, 1898, a
much more dangerous fire devastated the northeast side of the square and
damaged several businesses on the northwest side.
"The fires called for the construction of new business blocks, now
invariably built of brick. But town boosters and rural real estate agents
also boomed in Lawrenceburg, and Lawrence County, as the center of a
potential farming paradise. The area certainly was ripe for such a booster
campaign. As late as 1886, only 18% of the county's land was under
cultivation; there was virgin farmland ready for the plucking for those
industrious enough to clear it—and the timber was valuable as well. From
1900 to 1910, the county grew more proportionately than any other county in
the state, a population boom that also had a remarkable impact on the built
environment of Lawrenceburg's commercial district. In 1905, for example, a
new courthouse was constructed and gas lamps were installed on the square.
In 1909 the Lawrenceburg Bank and Trust company (now the Boatman's Bank
Building) opened its doors. Today there are sixteen buildings in the
proposed historic district which date from the years 1900 to 1910." ~ NRHP Nomination Form