The Cleveland Commercial Historic District is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

located in the central

business district Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." A business entity is not necessar ...

Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland is the county seat of, and largest city in, Bradley County, Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee (consisting of Bradle ...

. It was listed on the

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(NRHP) in 2017.

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The area referred to as the "Cleveland Commercial Historic District" coexists with the area often referred to as "Downtown Cleveland," and was historically the primary social, commercial, and governmental area of Cleveland and Bradley County. The NRHP listings describes the district as being "Roughly bounded by 50-100 block of Central Ave., 10-100 block of Church & 100 block of Inman Sts., 100 block of 2nd St., SE." The district includes a total of 65 structures, mostly built between the 1850s and 1960s. Architectural styles include Second Empire,

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...

Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...

, and mid-century modern detailing. The district includes many historic structures listed on the NRHP including the Bradley County Courthouse Annex (U.S. Post Office), Broad Street United Methodist Church, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Fillauer Brothers Building, Craigmiles Hall, and the W.J. Hughes Business House. The district also includes the Bradley County Courthouse, built in 1964, and other government offices of both the city of Cleveland and Bradley County. The district was listed on the NRHP on May 5, 2017.

References

{{reflist National Register of Historic Places in Bradley County, Tennessee Neighborhoods in Cleveland, Tennessee Geography of Bradley County, Tennessee Populated places in Bradley County, Tennessee Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee

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