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===Historic Districts=== ====Downtown Historic District==== The [[Downtown Huntington Historic District]] is a national [[Historic districts in the United States|historic district]]. The original district encompassed 59 contributing buildings; a boundary increase added 53 more contributing buildings. It includes the central business district and several municipal and governmental buildings. It contains the majority of the historic concentration of downtown commercial buildings. In the district are the separately listed [[Carnegie Public Library (Huntington, West Virginia)|Carnegie Public Library]], [[Cabell County Courthouse]], [[United States Post Office and Court House (Huntington, West Virginia)|U.S. Post Office and Court House]], and [[Campbell-Hicks House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/86000309.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Huntington Downtown Historic District|date=July 1985|access-date=July 23, 2011|author=Cabell County Landmark Commission|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629193908/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/86000309.pdf|archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref><ref name="dhr1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/07000240.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Huntington Historic District (Boundary increase and additional information)|date=October 2006|access-date=July 23, 2011|author=Michael Gioulis|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629194658/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cabell/07000240.pdf|archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986. A boundary increase occurred in 2007.<ref name="nris"/> Most notably, the old Davis Opera House/Huntington Theatre has recently been redeveloped into vibrant commercial space featuring more than a dozen shops and restaurants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://downtownhuntington.net/new-shops-open-market-third-avenue/ |title=New Shops Open In The Market On Third Avenue |date=February 14, 2018 |publisher=DowntownHuntington.net |access-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126144351/https://downtownhuntington.net/new-shops-open-market-third-avenue/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ====Ritter Park Historic District==== [[File:Ritter Park Historic District.jpg|thumb|[[Ritter Park Historic District]]]] The [[Ritter Park Historic District]] is a national [[Historic districts in the United States|historic district]] in South Side. The district encompasses 68 contributing buildings and 5 contributing structures, including the [[Ritter Park]] municipal park. The city purchased the park property in 1908. Dwellings in the district represent several architectural styles popular from the years 1913 to 1940, including [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]], [[American Craftsman|Bungalow/craftsman]], and [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]]. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1990.<ref name="nris"/> ====Other historic districts==== * [[14th Street West Historic District]] * [[Hawthorne Historic District]] * [[Mortimer Place Historic District]] * [[Ninth Street West Historic District]]
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