Madisonville Commercial Historic District

The Madisonville Commercial Historic District, in Madisonville, Kentucky, is a 11 acres (4.5 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The listing included 28 contributing buildings on 11 acres (4.5 ha).[1]

Madisonville Commercial Historic District
Hopkins County Courthouse
LocationCenter and Main Sts., Madisonville, Kentucky
Coordinates37°19′40″N 87°29′55″W
Area11 acres (4.5 ha)
Architectural styleChicago, Late Victorian, Commercial Style
MPSHopkins County MPS
NRHP reference No.88002712[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 1988

The Hopkins County Courthouse, is the only building in the district which is free-standing, upon the public square; the others are in rows. It includes much of the historic commercial and governmental center of Madisonville.[2]

The courthouse was built in 1938 and has a Doric-style portico.[2]

It includes a two-and-a-half-story brick and stone Richardsonian Romanesque bank building, the Morton Bank, at 7 North Main St., built around 1890.[2]

It is centered upon Center and Main Streets.[2]

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