The Clarksville Architectural District (as listed on the National Register of Historic Places) encompasses several buildings in the major portion of a 2½ square block area of Downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. This area includes a large group of 1870's and 1880's buildings, many of excellent & attractive design, together with a small cluster of mid-19th century buildings near the original center of the city. One of the specific buildings is the Clarksville City Hall, which records indicate originally was a bank building in the 1870's. The present facade, added in 1914, which is out of character with the rest of the district is, none the less, an interesting Romanesque composition anchored by a massive entrance way arch. Four terra-cotta medallions, in the spandrel panels, separate the conventional first floor windows from those on the second story which are each capped by a brick arch. And, Public Square Fountain located just across the street from City Hall building adds to the historical ambiance of the scene in the photograph above as the sun sets in the background.
The Clarksville Architectural District was added to the NRHP on May 13, 1976. All the information above and much more about the rest of the district was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration that can be found here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/c7063b4e-b3fd-4d70-935...
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365…please visit my album for this “REMASTERED” Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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