Boyce Historic District

Boyce Historic District

Boyce Historic District, September 2012
Location Includes Crescent Sts., Greenway Ave., Huntingdon Ln., Main St. Old Chapel Ave., Railroad Ln., Saratoga, VA, and Whiting, Boyce, Virginia
Coordinates 39°5′36″N 78°3′41″W / 39.09333°N 78.06139°W / 39.09333; -78.06139Coordinates: 39°5′36″N 78°3′41″W / 39.09333°N 78.06139°W / 39.09333; -78.06139
Area 102 acres (41 ha)
Built 1880 (1880)
Architectural style Late Victorian, Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 04000155[1]
VLR # 172-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 8, 2004
Designated VLR December 3, 2003[2]

Boyce Historic District is a national historic district located at Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. It encompasses 154 contributing buildings in the town of Boyce. They include a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings dating from 1880 to the 1920s. Notable buildings include the Boyce Colored School (1885), Mount Zion Baptist Church (1910), Simpson's Store and later Boyce Grocery, former Boyce Bank now used as the Town Hall (1908), Boyce railroad station (1913), Boyce United Methodist Church (1916), and Emmanuel Chapel Episcopal Church (1916).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Maral S. Kalbian (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Boyce Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map


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