Mayfield Downtown Commercial District

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.^[1]

Mayfield Downtown Commercial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Roughly bounded by North, Water, 5th and 9th Sts., Mayfield, Kentucky
Coordinates	36°44′28″N 88°38′09″W / 36.74111°N 88.63583°W / 36.74111; -88.63583
Area	27 acres (11 ha) (original); 18.4 acres (7.4 ha) (increase)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Classical Revival (original); Prairie School, Early Commercial, Bungalow/craftsman (increase)
NRHP reference No.	84001477^[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1984
Boundary increase	July 25, 1996

The original 27 acres (11 ha) area included 77 contributing buildings; the 18.4-acre (7.4 ha) increase added 21 more.^[1][2][3]

It includes the Graves County Courthouse, built in 1888 at cost of $40,000, the fourth courthouse at the location.^[2]

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.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Richard Holland (December 28, 2018). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mayfield Downtown Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 4, 2018. With accompanying 36 photos from 1983
3. Donna G. Loqsdon (July 7, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mayfield Downtown Commercial District (district expansion)". National Park Service. Retrieved May 4, 2018. With accompanying 12 photos

 

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