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Fayette Street Historic District
Fayette west of Peters in Martinsville.jpg
Houses at the Peters Street intersection
Fayette Street Historic District is located in Virginia
Fayette Street Historic District
Location in Virginia
Fayette Street Historic District is located in the United States
Fayette Street Historic District
Location in the United States
Location Fayette St. and side streets roughly bounded by Market, W. Church, Memorial and Swanson Sts., Martinsville, Virginia
Area 42 acres (17 ha)
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No. 07000395
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Added to NRHP May 2, 2007

Fayette Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Martinsville, Virginia. It encompasses 116 contributing buildings, in a traditionally African-American section of Martinsville. It includes a variety of commercial, religious, educational and residential buildings dating from the late-19th century through the mid- 20th century. Notable buildings include the Dennis Hairston House (c. 1910), community Market (1925), Mt. Carmel Church, Grace United Presbyterian Church (c. 1918), Albert Harris Intermediate School, Alex Hairston House (c. 1923), Baldwin Block, Watkins-Hairston Funeral Home (1931), Gordon Building (1941), and the Imperial Savings and Loan (1953).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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