Paris Courthouse Square Historic District
Appearance
Paris Courthouse Square Historic District | |
Location | Courthouse Square and environs, Paris, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°12′47″N 84°15′00″W / 38.21306°N 84.25000°W |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1788, other |
Architectural style | Italianate |
Part of | Downtown Paris Historic District (ID89002123) |
NRHP reference No. | 79000963[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 25, 1979 |
Designated HD | December 15, 1989 |
The Paris Courthouse Square Historic District, in Paris, Kentucky, is a 4 acres (1.6 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The listing included 21 contributing buildings.[1]
It includes:
- Bourbon County Courthouse (1902–05), designed by Frank P. Milburn, which is separately listed on the National Register
- Duncan Tavern, which is separately listed on the National Register
- The Memorial Building (1859), which served as a bank and residence until 1884, and later served World War I veterans and others
- Teen Square (1960s), a one-story brick building
- Ewalt Building (c.1840), a Greek Revival townhouse
It includes Italianate and other architecture.[2]
The entire district was included in the 1989-listed Downtown Paris Historic District.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Daniel Kidd (August 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Paris Courthouse Square Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 28, 2019. With accompanying six photos from 1978
External links
[edit]Media related to Paris Courthouse Square Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Bourbon County, Kentucky
- Italianate architecture in Kentucky
- Buildings and structures completed in 1788
- Squares in the United States
- 1788 establishments in Virginia
- Paris, Kentucky
- Pre-statehood history of Kentucky
- Lexington-Fayette–Richmond–Frankfort region, Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs