Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Kentucky - McCracken County
McCracken County Kentucky has 33 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Angles, The, Grace Episcopal Church, Anderson, Artelia, Hall, Archeological Site 15McN51 and Hotel Irvin Cobb.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland and Mississippian dating back to 500.

Many famous people are associated with these McCracken County historic places including Alben W. Barkley, David A. Yeiser, Adolph Weil, Dr. D.H. Anderson, Joseph Friedman, Tilghman, Lloyd and et.al..

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the McCracken County places including Henry M. Congdon, Quintus Quincy Quigley, Walter Alschlager, W.L. Brainerd, Henry H. Kitson, C.L. Brey Construction Co., Nevin Henry Wischmeyer, George Katterjohn, G. Tandy Jr. Smith and A. L. Lassiter. Prominent architectural styles found in McCracken Country are Classical Revival, Art Deco and Greek Revival.

Anderson, Artelia, Hall (added 1983 - - #83002824)
1400 H.C. Mathis Dr. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Anderson, Dr. D.H.
Significant Year:
1928
Area of Significance:
Black, Education
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Anderson-Smith House (added 1984 - - #84001824)
Also known as Whitehaven
Lone Oak Rd. , Paducah
Smallbones, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lassiter,A. L.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Angles, The (added 1976 - - #76002147)
Also known as Quigley-Barkley House;Alben W. Barkley House
Alben W. Barkley Dr. near 40th St. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Quigley,Quintus Quincy
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal, Gothic
Historic Person:
Barkley,Alben W.,et al.
Significant Year:
1853, 1913
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Law, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Archeological Site 15McN51 (added 1985 - - #85001513)
Also known as Reed Site
Address Restricted , Paducah
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Woodland, Mississippian
Period of Significance:
1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
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
Confederate Monument in Paducah (added 1997 - - #97000678)
Also known as McN-P-187
Oak Grove Cemetery. W of jct. of Park Ave. and 13th St. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Grace Episcopal Church (added 1976 - - #76002148)
820 Broadway , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Congdon,Henry M.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Home of the Friendless (added 2000 - - #00000860)
Also known as Mc--NP--136, Friendly Home
1335 Burnett St. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Health Care, Social, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Clinic, School, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Hotel Irvin Cobb (added 1978 - - #78003065)
Broadway and 6th St. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Alschlager,Walter
Architectural Style:
Other, Art Deco
Historic Person:
Weil,Adolph
Significant Year:
1927, 1929
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Hotel Metropolitan (added 2002 - - #01001251)
Also known as MC-NP-751
724 Jackson St. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Museum, Secondary Structure
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
Kenmil Place (added 2009 - - #09000008)
4300 Alben Barkley Dr. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith, G. Tandy Jr.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Lincoln School (added 1988 - - #88000895)
Also known as McN-P-184
S. Eighth St., between Ohio and Tennessee Sts. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
Market House (added 1973 - - #73002255)
Also known as Clark,Gen. William,Market House
S. 2nd St. between Broadway and Kentucky Ave. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brainerd,W.L.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Theater
More Information:
archives document
Masonic Temple (added 2002 - - #02001470)
501-505 S. 7th St. , Paducah
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Meeting Hall, Professional, Restaurant
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway Office and Freight House (added 1979 - - #79003118)
Also known as Johnston-Backus Building
300 S. 3rd St. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Warehouse
More Information:
archives document
Paducah City Hall (added 2017 - - #100000742)
300 South 5th Street, Paducah
Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1970-1970 AD, 1963-1965 AD
Paducah Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (added 2013 - - #13000564)
3121 Broadway, Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
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
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
People's First National Bank and Trust Company Building (added 1980 - - #80001655)
Also known as Old National Bank Building
300 Broadway , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
C.L. Brey Construction Co., Brainerd,W.L.
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Economics, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Saint Mary Academy Complex (added 1987 - - #87000449)
Bounded by Fourth, Fifth, Monroe, and Jefferson Sts. , Paducah
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education
Current Sub-function:
Business, College
More Information:
archives document
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
St. Francis DeSales Roman Catholic Church (added 1979 - - #79003119)
Also known as Church of St. Francis de Sales
116 S. 6th St. , Paducah
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Tilghman, Augusta, High School (added 1995 - - #95000300)
Also known as Walter C. Jetton Middle School;MCNP-121
401 Walter Jetton Blvd. , Paducah
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Music Facility, School, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Government, Other, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Government Office, Music Facility, Sport Facility
Tilghman, Lloyd, Memorial (added 1997 - - #97000679)
Also known as McN-P-186
Lange Park. Madison St. betweetn 16th and 19th Sts. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
archives document
Tilghman--Woolfolk House (added 1998 - - #98000940)
Also known as McNP-102
631 Kentucky Ave. , Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Tilghman, Lloyd, et.al.
Significant Year:
1861, 1864
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Union Station School (added 2011 - - #11000539)
3138 Roosevelt St., Paducah
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
More Information:
archives document
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
More Information:
archives document
Westminster Presbyterian Church (added 2017 - - #100001426)
2732 Broadway, Paducah
Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1951-1962 AD
Yeiser, Mayor David A., House (added 1973 - - #73002130)
Also known as Barkley,Alben W.,Museum
533 Madison St. , Paducah
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Yeiser,David A.
Significant Year:
1852
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
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