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National Register of Historic Places: Foley, AlabamaThe Foley Downtown Historic District consists of an irregularly shaped area within the core of the community’s central business district that contains approximately 19 acres of land. The topography of the district is flat. The district extends along two principal north-south streets: McKenzie (Alabama Highway 59) and Alston Streets. Both of these streets are designated North to the north of Laurel Street (the principal east to west street in the district, also known as U.S. Highway 98) and South to its south. Other east to west streets include (from north to south) Violet, Jessamine, and Orange Avenues, each of which is designated East to the east of McKenzie Street and West to its west. The district is urban and commercial in character with closely spaces of adjoining buildings being typical. Other than Heritage Park, a large open space to the east of McKenzie Street between Violet and Laurel Avenues, landscaping is minimal. Streets are typically lined with sidewalks and diagonal street parking. _Narrative Description Contributing resources date from the following periods: 1900-1910, 2; 1911-1920, 1; 1921-1930, 9; 1931-1945, 7; and 1946-circa 1960, 10. The majority of the contributing resources (23, 79%) are commercial. Other contributing resources include a former post office, a hospital, a park, a dwelling, a Masonic Temple, and a railroad depot. Architecturally, most of the contributing resources are simple in character and reflect 20th century commercial architectural trends. Notable exceptions include: the Hope Building/Old U.S. Post Office (1921, Inv. #25, Photos #9 and 10) designed by James A. Wetmore, Acting Supervising Architect, in association with Frank Lockwood of Montgomery, Alabama; the Masonic Temple (circa 1925, Inv. #13), designed by George B. Rogers of Mobile; the L & N Railroad Depot (1909, Inv. #9, Photos #12 and 13), the Renaissance Revival style Foley Hotel (1928, Inv. 13, Photos #3, 4, 5, and 21), designed by Birmingham architects Warren, Knight and Davis. The district includes 29 contributing resources, if which 27 are buildings, one is a site, and one is a structure. The majority of the contributing buildings are one story in height (18, 67%), with the remainder being two stories. Only three of the contributing buildings are frame, with the remainder being either brick or concrete block. Noncontributing resources include six (55%) that were constructed after the district’s period of significance and five that were substantially altered after the district’s period of significance. The District includes 40 resources of which 29 are contributing and 11 are noncontributing.

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