Dyersburg, Tennessee (former)
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YoSam.
N 36° 01.906 W 089° 23.165
16S E 285015 N 3990106
Built in 1937 and served as city hall until recently.
Waymark Code: WMXFCB
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2018
Views: 3
County of building: Dyer County
Location of building: Market St & Mill Ave., Dyersburg
Built: 1937
Architect: Unknown
Original Occupant: Dyersburg City Hall
Current Occupant: Antique Store and Auction House
"Dyersburg is a city and the county seat of Dyer County, Tennessee, in the United States. It is located in northwest Tennessee, 79 miles (127 km) northeast of Memphis on the Forked Deer River. The population was 17,145 at the 2010 census.[5] Dyersburg and Dyer County offer many amenities including quality schools, a low crime rate, moderate climate, low cost of living, and close proximity to area recreation. Dyersburg is a regional retail, medical, employment and cultural center for more than 300,000 people who live in Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri." ~ Wikipedia
"This interesting building is located at one of the corners of the Dyersburg town square, with the front facing Veteran's Square. City hall has moved a couple of blocks away and this is now an antique store and auction house. I like the look of this two story building with the recessed columns and semicircle windows, albeit while the exterior is crumbling a bit. The word City Hall is affixed over some other letters carved into the concrete, which makes me think it was a buseiness before it was a city hall. This building is probably part of the "Dyersburg Courthouse Square Historic District" on the National Register of Historic Places." ~ Brent Moore
"50. 119 South Mill Avenue. Dyersburg City Hall. ca. 1937. Two-story building with Classical detailing and vault façade.
Stucco façade scored in ashlar pattern. Flat asphalt roof. Recessed entrance with round arch vault flanked with Ionic
Tuscan columns and Doric pilasters show Classical Revival influence. Smooth, undecorated entablature. Bas-relief
masonry horizontal decoration below entablature. Glass doors and vertical window replaced original entrance.
South façade is cream-colored brick with four rounded arch windows identical to the entrance vault. Cloth awnings
on front entrance and over four bays. (C)" ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"The City Hall building (#50) have not only served as
Dyer County's centers for activity for government and politics throughout
most of the twentieth century; their classical designs also are among the
county's significant expressions of the Classical Revival architectural
movement, which so shaped American architecture, and has a particularly
strong regional influence in west Tennessee, during the first third of the
century." ~ NRHP Nomination Form