Selmer TennesseeSTATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TENNESSEE MAIN STREET PROGRAM – TENNESSEE DOWNTOWNS 2010 TENNESSEE DOWNTOWNS

Submitted By:SELMER BUSINESS ALLIANCE

    Date:February 5,2010

Courthouse

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Main Street

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Latta Building

Proposed future home of the McNairy County visitors and culture center, this circa 1930 building was once used as a public gathering space and soon will be again; corner of Fourth Street and Court Avenue just across from the courthouse.

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Pat’s Cafe

Pat's Cafe is a landmark business and purveyor of everyone's favorite "slug burger."

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Museum

The old Ritz Theatre houses the McNairy County Historical Museum

at the corner of Third Street and Warren

Avenue.

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Rockabilly Mural

Commissioned in 2008 and finished in 2009, the Rockabilly Highway Mural at the Corner of Court Avenue and Second Street

celebrates Selmer's Rockabilly Music roots.

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Chamber of Commerce

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Selmer Chiropractic Center

Several medical professionals practice in the downtown area including two General Practitioners, a Dentist, an Optometrist and a Chiropractor shown here.

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Village Coffee House

Thoroughly refurbished and recently opened, Village Coffee House on Court Ave. is one of the most attractive additions to downtown in many years.

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Thrift Store

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First Christian Church

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Feeney Law Firm

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4th Street Church of Christ

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Train Station

Turn of the century passenger depot on the Mobile and Ohio railroad (looking north).

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Shelter Insurance

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Streets

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Street Lighting

Decorative lighting (foreground)

installed in the 1990s is functional

and adequate.

Three of the older buildings in

downtown (background)

date to the late19th century.

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China King

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City Hall

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Drug Store

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Arts in McNairy

Glass artist's studio on Warren Ave. (left) with Selmer's first municipal fire station next door (right).

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Community Center

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Post Office

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Paper

Corner of Second Street and Warren Avenue, the Independent Appeal (Weekly Newspaper) is the oldest continuously operating business in McNairy County.

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Historic Homes

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Funeral Home

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Future Green Space/Farmer’s Market to the Right

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Future Parking for Famer’s Market

(looking south) Railroad tracks on the far left; old depot with green roof in the distance; typical downtown building in the middle; future public green space on the far right.

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Cypress CreekCypress Creek a tributary of the Tuscumbia River was once an important waterway into the interior of the county. It runs near the downtown district.