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Award-winning Main Streets named by National Trust

Ben Abramson
USA TODAY

Nothing says America like a classic Main Street. Part commercial center, part social hub, the best ones can unify a town, neighborhood or city and be a powerful draw for visitors.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation honors the best and most revitalized places each year with its Great American Main Street contest. 2015's award-winners are Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Montclair Center, N.J.; and Rawlins, Wyo. Fond du Lac, Wis., was named "one to watch."

Winners were cited for a "great convergence of old and new," as "historic commercial buildings are being repurposed to house the arts, high-tech businesses and entrepreneurs," said Patrice Frey of the National Main Street Center, a National Trust subsidiary, in a statement.

Browse the slideshow above for this year's winners, plus a selection of previous award-winning Main Streets, and see all past winners at PreservationNation.org.

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