Lebanon Historic Commercial District (Lebanon, Kentucky) Explained
| Lebanon Historic Commercial District |
| Coordinates: | 37.5694°N -85.2528°W |
| Architect: | Nolen, Thomas; Taylor, James Knox |
| Architecture: | Classical Revival, Art Deco, Italianate |
| Added: | November 10, 1987 |
| Area: | 7acres |
| Refnum: | 87000857 |
The Lebanon Historic Commercial District in Lebanon, Kentucky is a 7acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It included 32 contributing buildings.
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."[1]
Notes and References
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=87000857}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lebanon Historic Commercial District ]. National Park Service. Gibson Worsham . Charlotte Worsham . January 1987 . May 3, 2018. With
