BlockFrom the record
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Champaign County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1914.
The listing
- Address. 1--11 S. Main St., Mechanicsburg
- When was it listed? August 1985
- Category. district
- Also known as. Mechanicsburg MRA
- National Register reference number. 85001895 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1914 to 1992The ground this property stands on, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1914 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mechanicsburg quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Magruder Building | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Village Hobby Shop | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Second Baptist Church | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Dr. Clark House | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Lowler's Tavern | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Masonic Temple | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001895 in Record Group 79. |
| Champaign County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.