Madisonville Commercial Historic District

Madisonville Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hopkins County Courthouse
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Location	Center and Main Sts., Madisonville, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°19′40″N 87°29′55″W
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Architect	George Morton
Architectural style	Chicago, Late Victorian, Commercial Style
MPS	Hopkins County MPS
NRHP reference No.	88002712[1]
Added to NRHP	December 13, 1988

The Madisonville Commercial Historic District, in Madisonville, Kentucky, is an 11 acres (4.5 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listing included 28 contributing buildings on 11 acres (4.5 ha).[1]

The Hopkins County Courthouse, is the only building in the district which is free-standing, upon the public square; the others are in rows. It includes much of the historic commercial and governmental center of Madisonville.[2]

The courthouse was built in 1938 and has a Doric-style portico.[2]

It includes a two-and-a-half-story brick and stone Richardsonian Romanesque bank building, the Morton Bank, at 7 North Main St., built around 1890.[2]

It is centered upon Center and Main Streets.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#88002712)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Philip Thomason (July 28, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Madisonville Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 19, 2019. With accompanying 13 photos from 1988