Elizabethtown Courthouse Square and Commercial District

(Redirected from Hardin County Courthouse (Kentucky)) Historic district in Kentucky, United States

United States historic place


Elizabethtown Courthouse Square and Commercial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	KY 61, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°41′35″N 85°51′29″W / 37.69306°N 85.85806°W / 37.69306; -85.85806
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Architect	Multiple builder = Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	80001535
Added to NRHP	March 19, 1980

The Elizabethtown Courthouse Square and Commercial District, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is a 10 acres (4.0 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The listing included 38 contributing buildings.

It includes the Hardin County Courthouse, built in 1933 in Georgian Revival style. The courthouse has a three-story brick central section with a slightly projecting entrance pavilion, which has a shallow portico. The courthouse replaced an 1873 courthouse which was damaged in 1932 by a fire.

The district is located on Kentucky Route 61. It consists of the courthouse square and one block of West Dixie street west of the courthouse, containing the surviving historic core of the city. It consists of two- and three-story brick buildings, 38 out of 40 being deemed contributing.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ Charlotte Schneider (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elizabethtown Courthouse Square and Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2019. With accompanying 21 photos from 1979

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