Blackstone Historic District is a national historic district located at Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia.
It encompasses 272 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Blackstone. They include residential and commercial structures dating from the late-18th to early-20th centuries. They include notable examples of the Late Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, and Romanesque styles. Notable buildings include the former Blackstone College for Girls (1922), First National Bank, Thomas M. Dillard House, Richmond F. Dillard House, Blackstone Public School Complex, Bagley House (1911), James D. Crawley House (1903), Blackstone Baptist Church (1907), Crenshaw United Methodist Church (1903), St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1916), and Blackstone Presbyterian Church (1901). The James D. Crawley House was designed by J. E. McDaniel, who was a local architect. Located in the district is the separately listed Schwartz Tavern.[3]
Seay’s Park is the site of businessman Haney H. Seay’s residence. The Seay home used as the Blackstone Day School in the 1960s., and then part of Kenston Forest School. It was eventually torn down in the 1970s. The house was demolished in the early 1970s.
The Town Library in a 1915 Colonial Revival House
St Luke’s Episcopal Church with Gothic Revival Architecture built in 1898