Old Eddyville Historic District Explained

Old Eddyville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Coordinates:37.0478°N -88.0761°W
Builder:McDonald Bros.
Added:April 30, 1981
Area:11acres
Refnum:81000285

The Old Eddyville Historic District, located off KY 730 in Eddyville, Kentucky, is an 11acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It included 13 contributing buildings.

It includes the surviving portion of the original town of Eddyville, "one of western Kentucky's earliest and most important settlements", after the majority of the town was flooded by the 1966 damming (flooding) of the Cumberland River at Barkley Dam. It includes the Kentucky State Penitentiary and nine historic buildings at its base.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Eddyville Historic District ]. National Park Service. Charlotte Schneider . Calvin P. Jones . March 1981 . November 22, 2017. With .