Franklin Downtown Commercial District

Roughly Main and College Sts. between Washington and Madison Sts., Franklin, Kentucky. County/parish: Simpson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 17, 1983. NRIS 83002873.

50 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

• See also:Franklin Downtown Commercial District (Boundary Inc

From Wikipedia:

Franklin Downtown Commercial District

The Franklin Downtown Commercial District, in Franklin, Kentucky, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing was expanded later in the same year.

The original listing included 50 contributing buildings, including the Simpson County Courthouse which was already separately listed on the National Register.

The increase added four contributing buildings:

• the Dr. J.C. Douglas House (c.1850-1875), an Italianate I-house built with common bond brick
• the Southern Kentucky Sanatorium (c.1900) and Annex (1912), post-Victorian structures, and
• the Grainger Apartments (1927), a Georgian Revival structure.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123851891

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