Lebanon Historic Commercial District (Lebanon, Kentucky)
(Redirected from Marion County Courthouse (Lebanon, Kentucky))
The Lebanon Historic Commercial District in Lebanon, Kentucky is a 7 acres (2.8 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It included 32 contributing buildings.[1]
Lebanon Historic Commercial District | |
 Downtown Lebanon | |
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| Location | Main St. roughly between Proctor Knott and Spalding Aves., Lebanon, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°34′10″N 85°15′10″W / 37.56944°N 85.25278°W |
| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Nolen, Thomas; Taylor, James Knox |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Art Deco, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000857[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 10, 1987 |
It includes:
- Marion County Courthouse (1935), a Classical Revival courthouse designed by architect Thomas Nolen, a Works Progress Administration project
- a U.S. post office designed by James Knox Taylor,
- the City Hall (1876)
- Arista Theater (c.1935), an Art Deco theatre
- "the important and rare mid-nineteenth century Court Square, a grouping of one-and two-story, mid-nineteenth to early twentieth-century professional offices
surrounding the courthouse and forming an indentation in the south side of Main Street."[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#87000857)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Gibson Worsham; Charlotte Worsham (January 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lebanon Historic Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 3, 2018. With accompanying 46 photos from 1986-87