Jefferson Street Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee)

The Jefferson Street Historic District in Brownsville, Tennessee is a 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

East Main Street Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Margin & E. Main Sts., S. Jackson & Washington Aves., Brownsville, Tennessee
Coordinates35°35′34″N 89°15′42″W
Area1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
NRHP reference No.14001225[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 2016

It is an area which "emerged in the early 1900s as the center for the city’s African-American community. While African Americans could shop in the white-owned businesses on the court square, they were often discriminated against. With the rise of the city’s African-American middle class, several businesses evolved along Jefferson Street. The majority of these buildings are One-Part and Two-Part Commercial Block buildings with modest detailing."[2]

The listing included 13 contributing buildings and one contributing site (a community park), as well as three non-contributing buildings and a non-contributing site (site of a demolished building).[2]

The contributing resources are:

  • C.P. Boyd Park (c.1948), South Jackson Ave. Was a "Negro tent" from 1887 to 1896, a frame residence from 1896 to 1944, and a park from 1948 to present, with a wooden gazebo and park benches.
  • 35 South Jackson Avenue (c.1935), a one-part commercial block
  • 36(B) South Jackson Avenue (c.1947), a two-part commercial block
  • 39(B) S. Jackson Avenue (c.1943), a two-part commercial block
  • 14 East Jefferson Street (c.1900), a two-part commercial block with brick corbelling
  • 18 East Jefferson Street (c.1919), one-part commercial block, brick
  • 22 East Jefferson Street (c.1910), one-part commercial block with two storefronts
  • 29 (A) East Jefferson Street (c.1964), one-story commercial building
  • 29 (B) East Jefferson Street (c.1948), one-story concrete block building
  • Winfield Lodge #52, 33 East Jefferson Street (c.1910), one-part commercial block, with stepped brick parapet and brick corbelling
  • 34 (A) East Jefferson Street (c.1908), one-part commercial block
  • 34 (B) East Jefferson Street (c.1957), one-story concrete block commercial building
  • 34 (C) East Jefferson Street (c.1948), one story brick veneer concrete block commercial building
  • 34 East Main Street (c.1906), one-part commercial block[2]

References
  1. Rebecca Hightower (January 6, 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Jefferson Street Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 1, 2017.


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