Downtown Pomeroy Historic District
Historic district in Pomeroy, Washington, United States
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The Downtown Pomeroy Historic District is a 13.7-acre (5.5 ha) historic district in Pomeroy, Washington, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Downtown Pomeroy Historic District | |
The Downtown Pomeroy Historic District in 2015 | |
  Downtown Pomeroy Historic District Location within Washington (state)  Downtown Pomeroy Historic District Location within the United States | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Main St., Tenth and Ninth Sts., Columbia St., and Sixth St., Pomeroy, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 46.47449°N 117.6°W |
| Area | 13.7 acres (5.5 ha) |
| Architect | Burggraf, Charles; et al. |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000811[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 21, 2003 |
Description
The district is roughly bounded by Main, Tenth, Ninth, Columbia, and Sixth streets.
The Garfield County Courthouse, which was designed by Charles Burggraf and is separately NRHP-listed, is one of its 42 contributing buildings. It includes Italianate and Gothic Revival architecture.[1]
It was deemed significant "as an intact concentration of building[s] reflecting the early development of Pomeroy as the leading business, governmental, trading, and shipping center of Garfield County." Pomeroy grew in the 1870s when dryland wheat farming took off and further in 1886 when a railroad arrived and the town became the Garfield County seat. It is notable for its "excellent collection of primarily commercial buildings" dating from the 1880s to the 1950s.[2]: 34
The district was listed on the NFHP August 21, 2003.[1]
