Mayfield Downtown Commercial District

Historic district in Kentucky, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Mayfield Downtown Commercial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


36°44′28″N 88°38′09″W / 36.74111°N 88.63583°W / 36.74111; -88.63583
Area	27 acres (11 ha) (original); 18.4 acres (7.4 ha) (increase)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Classical Revival (original); Prairie School, Early Commercial, Bungalow/craftsman (increase)
NRHP reference No.	84001477^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1984
Boundary increase	July 25, 1996

The Mayfield Downtown Commercial District is a historic district in Mayfield, Kentucky which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The listing was increased in 1996.^[1]

The original 27 acres (11 ha) area included 77 contributing buildings; the 18.4-acre (7.4 ha) increase added 21 more.^[1] ^[2]^[3]

It includes the Graves County Courthouse, built in 1888 at cost of $40,000, the fourth courthouse at the location.^[2]

Many of the buildings in the district, including the courthouse, suffered major to catastrophic damage on December 10–11, 2021, as a long-track EF4 tornado directly hit the city. Of the 98 buildings listed in the district, only four remain standing.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Richard Holland (December 28, 2018). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mayfield Downtown Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 4, 2018. With accompanying 36 photos from 1983
^ Donna G. Loqsdon (July 7, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mayfield Downtown Commercial District (district expansion)". National Park Service. Retrieved May 4, 2018. With accompanying 12 photos