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{{short description|Historic district in Alabama, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Jasper Downtown Historic District
| nrhp_type    = hd
| image        = Walker County Courthouse.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = Roughly bounded by 17th St., Corona Ave., 20th St., and 8th Ave., [[Jasper, Alabama]]
| locmapin     = Alabama#USA
| map_caption  = Location in [[Alabama]]##Location in United States
| architect    = [[Office of the Supervising Architect]] under [[James A. Wetmore]] (post office)<br> [[Smith & Cater]] (jail)
| architecture = [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]], [[Classical Revival]], [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] and [[Art Deco architecture|Art Deco]]
| added        = March 31, 2004
| area         = {{convert|400|acre}}
| refnum       = 04000233<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| nocat        = yes
}}
[[file:Jasper Alabama Downtown Historic District (19).jpg|right|thumb|Masonic Lodge]]
The '''Jasper Downtown Historic District''' comprises {{convert|400|acre|ha}} of [[Jasper, Alabama]], centered on the county courthouse. Most of the buildings in the district are commercial, with other uses including the Masonic Temple, the post office and city hall, several houses and a number of warehouses. Most of the buildings were built in the 1920s through the 1940s. A variety of architectural styles are preserved, including [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] and [[Art Deco architecture|Art Deco]].<ref name=nrhpnom1>{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Pamela Sterne|last2=Anderson|first2=Christy|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jasper Downtown Historic District|url={{NRHP url|id=04000233}}|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=11 November 2015}}</ref>
The district was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 31, 2004.<ref name="nris"/>
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Jasper Downtown Historic District}}
* {{HABS |survey=AL-909 |id=al0977 |title=First Methodist Church, 1900 Third Avenue North, Jasper, Walker County, AL |photos=4 |color= |dwgs= |data=6 |cap=1}}
* {{HABS |survey=AL-979 |id=al1131 |title=John Hollis Bankhead House, 1400 Seventh Avenue, Jasper, Walker County, AL |photos=1 |color= |dwgs= |data=5 |cap=1 |link=no}}
* {{HABS |survey=AL-908 |id=al0976 |title=Confederate Veterans' Memorial, Courthouse Square, Jasper, Walker County, AL |photos=1 |color= |dwgs= |data= |cap=1 |link=no}}
* {{HABS |survey=AL-910|id=al0978 |title=G. W. Posey Store, Twentieth Street & Elliot Boulevard, Jasper, Walker County, AL |photos=2 |color= |dwgs= |data= |cap=1 |link=no}}
* {{HABS |survey=AL-948|id=al1031 |title=Temple Emanu El, 1501 Fifth Avenue North, Jasper, Walker County, AL |photos=2 |color= |dwgs= |data= |cap=1 |link=no}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama]]
[[Category:Queen Anne architecture in Alabama]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Alabama]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Walker County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Walker County, Alabama]]
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