Main Street Historic District (Marion, North Carolina)

The Main Street Historic District is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) national historic district located at Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

[1] Specifically included in the Main Street Historic District are: one church: First Baptist (1914); two former hotels: the Eagle Hotel, which survived the 1894 fire, and the Hotel Marianna (1910); a bank on Main Street built in 1903; the McDowell County Courthouse, which was constructed in 1928; the Public Library (1937), which was originally built as a post office; and the Marion Community Building, built in 1937.

[2][3] Projects are currently underway to revitalize the downtown area as well as to maintain and restore the character of the long-standing buildings.

This article about a property in McDowell County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.

Fifth Third Bank-Former First National Bank, 2016