332 Laurel St.	326 Laurel St.	Abrams Dept. Store 318 Laurel St.	316 Laurel St.	1018-1020 3rd Ave.
1016 3rd Ave.

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The Conway Downtown Historic District is a collection of thirty-one commercial buildings, one public building, and one structure in the downtown area centered on Main Street and also including properties on Laurel Street, Third Avenue, and Fourth Avenue. Twenty-six buildings and one structure contribute to the character of the historic district. The contributing properties represent the development of the downtown as the center of commerce in Conway and were constructed from 1824 to ca. 1940, with the majority constructed between ca. 1900 to ca. 1940. Many of the historic commercial buildings in downtown Conway were built shortly after an 1897 fire destroyed several downtown businesses. The new brick buildings which were constructed on Main Street from ca. 1900 to ca. 1910 became the core of the city’s business district, an area which grew still larger from ca. 1910 to ca. 1940. The most significant and rapid growth occurred from ca. 1890 to ca. 1930, and was due to a large extent on the successful introduction of tobacco as a cash crop. Listed in the National Register August 19, 1994.

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