Kentucky - McCracken County - Historic Districts
McCracken County Kentucky (Historic Districts) has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Paducah Market House District, Jefferson Street-Fountain Avenue Residential District, Lower Town Neighborhood District, Paducah Downtown Commercial District and Paducah Downtown Commercial District (Boundary Increase).

Several famous people are associated with these McCracken County historic places including Joseph Friedman and Alben Barkley. Prominent architectural styles found in McCracken Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian and Art Deco.

California Apartments (added 2016 - - #16000011)
Paducah, Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
Jefferson Street-Fountain Avenue Residential District (added 1982 - - #82002735)
Jefferson and Madison Sts., Broadway, Fountain Ave., and Harahan Blvd. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Barkley,Alben,et al.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Plaza, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Plaza, Single Dwelling
Lower Town Neighborhood District (added 1982 - - #82002736)
Also known as Lower Town
Roughly bounded by Park Ave., Jefferson, 5th and 9th Sts. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Friedman,Joseph,et al.
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Paducah Downtown Commercial District (added 1982 - - #82002737)
Also known as See Also:Paducah Downtown Commercial District (Boundary Incr
Roughly bounded by 7th, 1st, Clark and Monroe Sts. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Italianate, Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Paducah Downtown Commercial District (Boundary Increase) (added 1985 - - #85000952)
Also known as See Also:Paducah Downtown Commercial District
Roughly bounded by 1st, Clark, Seventh and Monroe Sts. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Paducah Market House District (added 1978 - - #78003066)
Also known as See Also:Market House;Paducah Downtown Commercial District;
2nd St. between Broadway and Kentucky Ave. , Paducah
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Shawnee Steam Plant (added 2016 - - #16000504)
West Paducah, West Paducah
Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974 AD
Wallace Park Neighborhood Historic District (added 2012 - - #12000047)
Roughly bounded by Buckner Ln., Maple Ave., Forest Cir., & Lone Oak Rd., Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
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