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Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store

Coordinates: 37°33′08″N 83°23′05″W / 37.55222°N 83.38472°W / 37.55222; -83.38472 (Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store)
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Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store
LocationCollege and Broadway Sts., Jackson, Kentucky
Coordinates37°33′08″N 83°23′05″W / 37.55222°N 83.38472°W / 37.55222; -83.38472 (Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store)
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Builtc.1908-1914
Built byMesker, George, Ironworks, other
MPSJackson MRA
NRHP reference No.86000272[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1986

Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store, at College and Broadway Sts. in Jackson, Kentucky, was built in c.1908-1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

It was a two-story nine-bay brick commercial building. It has a pressed metal cornice and a cast iron facade first floor produced by the George Mesker Ironworks.[2]

Photo of Jackson Fire Department building on site, from June 2014

The building appears to have been moved or destroyed.

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Helen Powell (1985). "Kentucky Historical Resources Inventory: Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store / Chapman's". National Park Service. Retrieved March 31, 2018. With three photos from 1985.