Las Vegas Downtown Centennial Plan - City of Las Vegas

PHOTO 15: RAILROAD COTTAGESTo make way for the Club Renaissance highrisedevelopment on Casino Center Boulevardand Bonneville Avenue, three historic railroadcottages dating from 1909 were moved to theLas Vegas Springs Preserve in 2005. Othercottages were dismantled for the restorationof the three intact cottages. The project wascompleted with the considerable assistanceand cooperation from the developers of ClubRenaissance, non-profit organizations, andthe City of Las Vegas.33PHOTO 16: PROPOSED MAIN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICTAs part of a program for creating economic incentives forthe development of the Las Vegas Arts District, a NationalRegister Historic District was recommended to encouragethe rehabilitation of buildings in the district by providinga 20% investment tax credit for rehabilitations that meetfederal standards. Unlike a local historic district, a NationalRegister district has no constraints or additional reviewprocesses.LAS VEGAS DOWNTOWNCENTENNIAL PLANURBAN DESIGNGOALS & OBJECTIVESThe completion of the Main Street Historic Districtnomination is pending approval by the National Registerof Historic Places in the first quarter of 2006. The districtincludes Main Street from Garces Avenue on the northto Wyoming Avenue on the south, and is roughly two tofour blocks wide, is historically significant for its industrial,warehousing and retail development that peaked duringWorld War II until the 1960s.LAS VEGAS DOWNTOWN CENTENNIAL PLANPD-0012-08-2012RS