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Main Street Inventory

Ca. 1896 and ca. 1950. Two-story brick commercial structure with facade dating from ca. 1950. Façade designed in minimal Art Moderne style. Central bay projects slightly, steps up at parapet. Glass block panels in central bay at second floor, ribbed or fluted brick panels to either side. Recent
First Union Bank 1970s. Only structure of a distinctly modern design on Main Street.
Brunson's Store block, ca. 1905. Low brick commercial structure with corbeled cornice and a roll of diamond-shaped projections below this corbel table. Five cast iron pilaster survive at irregular intervals between shop windows. Modernized at street level. Sanborn maps indicate construction between
Early 20th century two-story painted striated brick commercial structure. The second-story windows have been filled in with brick panels with diamond ornament.
People's National Bank Ca. 1910. Two-story Neo-Classical structure of cream colored brick has a recessed central entrance beneath entablature carried by ionic columns with egg and dart motif and dentil blocks. Stepped parapet, with high point at center. Storefront to either side of entrance bay
1920s. One-story brick commercial structure with modern corrugated metal facade, and modern storefront. Historical Marker placed 2009 Built originally as an auto garage, this building served as a bowling alley in the 1930s. Later tenants were O'Dell & Gossett Furniture Co., Gossett Furniture Co
Dotson Store Building Ca. 1895. Two-and-a-half-story brick commercial building with elaborate brickwork ornamentation including corbeling at its cornice, recessed panels, and a segmental string course above its windows. Street level has been altered with plate glass display windows. Sanborn maps
Ripley-Shepherd Building 1847. Believed to be the second oldest building on Main Street; one of several structures built by Colonel Valentine Ripley, and once known as the "Ripley Brick Store House.” It is said to have served as a district commissary under a Major Noe during the Civil War and was