Mayfield Downtown Commercial District Explained

Mayfield Downtown Commercial District
Location:Roughly bounded by North, Water, 5th and 9th Sts., Mayfield, Kentucky
Coordinates:36.7411°N -88.6358°W
Architect:Multiple
Architecture:Late Victorian, Classical Revival (original); Prairie School, Early Commercial, Bungalow/craftsman (increase)
Added:August 16, 1984
Increase:July 25, 1996
Area:27acres (original); 18.4acres (increase)
Refnum:84001477

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.

The original 27acres area included 77 contributing buildings; the 18.4acres increase added 21 more.[1] [2]

It includes the Graves County Courthouse, built in 1888 at cost of $40,000, the fourth courthouse at the location.[1]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84001477}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mayfield Downtown Commercial District ]. National Park Service. Richard Holland . December 28, 2018 . May 4, 2018. With
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=96000791}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mayfield Downtown Commercial District (district expansion) ]. National Park Service. Donna G. Loqsdon . July 7, 1995 . May 4, 2018. With