Lebanon Historic Commercial District (Lebanon, Kentucky)
United States historic place
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The Lebanon Historic Commercial District in Lebanon, Kentucky is a 7 acres (2.8 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It included 32 contributing buildings.[1]
LocationMain St. roughly between Proctor Knott and Spalding Aves., Lebanon, Kentucky
Coordinates37°34′10″N 85°15′10″W
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1850
Lebanon Historic Commercial District | |
Downtown Lebanon | |
  Location within Kentucky  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Main St. roughly between Proctor Knott and Spalding Aves., Lebanon, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°34′10″N 85°15′10″W |
| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architect | Nolen, Thomas; Taylor, James Knox |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Art Deco, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000857[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 10, 1987 |
It includes:
- Marion County Courthouse (1935), a Classical Revival courthouse designed by architect Thomas Nolen, a Works Progress Administration project
- a U.S. post office designed by James Knox Taylor,
- the City Hall (1876)
- Arista Theater (c.1935), an Art Deco theatre
- "the important and rare mid-nineteenth century Court Square, a grouping of one-and two-story, mid-nineteenth to early twentieth-century professional offices
surrounding the courthouse and forming an indentation in the south side of Main Street."[2]