About Chatham Historic District
Historic, Historical Places, Interesting Places, Historic Districts
Chatham Historic District is a national historic district located at Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The district includes 188 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the central business district of the town of Chatham. The district includes a variety of government, commercial, residential, religious and educational buildings and structures dating from the early-19th century to the mid-20th century. At the center of the district is the separately listed Pittsylvania County Courthouse. Other notable buildings include the Judge Tredway House, Tunstall-Hargrave House, The Oaks (1832), Morea (1837), Hugh Weir House (1835), Planter's Bank, Thompson's Drug and Haberdashy Building, Corinth Christian Church, Emmanuel Episcopal Church (1881), Chatham Presbyterian Church (1886), Canada-Melton House (c. 1875), United States Post Office, Chatham High School, Chatham Elementary School (1925), Chatham Savings Bank, Masonic Temple (c. 1900), Collie Hotel/William Pitt Hotel (c. 1925), Beauty Plaza (c. 1950), and the Moses Building. Also located in the district and separately listed are the Clerk's Office, Bill's Diner, and Burnett's Diner.
