Providence Commercial Historic District

Providence Commercial Historic District
Location 100-200 blks. on E. and W. Main and N. and S. Broadway, Providence, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°23′51″N 87°45′47″W / 37.39750°N 87.76306°W / 37.39750; -87.76306 (Providence Commercial Historic District)Coordinates: 37°23′51″N 87°45′47″W / 37.39750°N 87.76306°W / 37.39750; -87.76306 (Providence Commercial Historic District)
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1882
Architectural style Classical Revival, Late Victorian, Beaux Arts
NRHP reference # 93000042[1]
Added to NRHP March 1, 1993

The Providence Commercial Historic District, in Providence, Kentucky, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1] It includes 25 contributing buildings and four non-contributing ones, along the 100-200 blocks on East and West Main and on North and South Broadway in downtown Providence.[2]

The contributing buildings include:

  • Alexander Niswonger Store (1911), 104 North Broadway, a two-story brick building with original cast iron storefront
  • Nisbet-Berry Block (c. 1910), 105 and 107 West Main, with stepped back false front cornice. Both buildings have three arched brick bays on their second story
  • Providence Banking Company (1914), 107 South Broadway, Beaux-Arts-style facade of Bowling Green marble[2]
Non-contributing building at northwest corner of Broadway and Main

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Lynn David (April 1, 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Providence Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 2, 2018. With nine photos from 1991.
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