The Guthrie Historic District in Guthrie, Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It is a 12.3 acres (5.0 ha) area deemed significant "for its connection with the L&N railroad and its associations with transportation in that area.[2] It included 25 contributing buildings, one contributing structure, and two contributing sites, as well as three non-contributing buildings and six noncontributing sites.[1][2]
Guthrie Historic District | |
 1898-built stone house in the district | |
  | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by Ewing, Park & Cherry Sts., Guthrie, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°38′54″N 87°09′59″W / 36.6484°N 87.1664°W |
| Area | 12.9 acres (5.2 ha) |
| Built | 1879-1967 |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000801[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 10, 2011 |
Guthrie was founded as a city in 1879, and railroad service was important to the city. Commercial service continues, but passenger railroad service ended in 1957.[2]
Buildings in the district include:
- Stone House (1898), 106 N. Ewing, a castle-like mansion
- Rose House (1820), 112 E. Park, adjacent to Stone House, another large house
- Robert Penn Warren Museum, a home of author Robert Penn Warren
- Three buildings which, in 2011, were planned to become a railroad museum.[2] In 2022, a railroad museum including a caboose is open by appointment.[3][4]
- Abshire Building (1896), 238 S. Ewing St., a brick building which was once three stories tall, and was a salon and gambling establishment. After a fire destroyed its upper floors in 1899 and Guthrie voting itself "dry", it was renovated into a one-story building. Its original concrete nameplate of the building, at the top of third floor, was reinstalled above its one story.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e L. RaShae Jennings (May 31, 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Guthrie Historic District". NARA. Retrieved May 15, 2022. With photos?
- ^ "Explore Todd County".
- ^ "Guthrie Railroad Museum". December 13, 2013.