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Front Street Historic District (Prestonsburg, Kentucky)

Coordinates: 37°40′00″N 82°46′31″W / 37.66667°N 82.77528°W / 37.66667; -82.77528
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Front Street Historic District
Front Street Historic District (Prestonsburg, Kentucky) is located in Kentucky
Front Street Historic District (Prestonsburg, Kentucky)
Front Street Historic District (Prestonsburg, Kentucky) is located in the United States
Front Street Historic District (Prestonsburg, Kentucky)
LocationRoughly Front St. between W. Court St. and Ford St., Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Coordinates37°40′00″N 82°46′31″W / 37.66667°N 82.77528°W / 37.66667; -82.77528
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Architectural styleChicago, Commercial Style
MPSPrestonsburg MPS
NRHP reference No.89000398[1]
Added to NRHPMay 18, 1989

Front Street Historic District, in Prestonburg, Kentucky, is a 3 acres (1.2 ha) historic district located roughly Front St. between W. Court St. and Ford Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It included six contributing buildings.[1]

It included:

  • Hughes Building (1927)
  • Combs Building (c. 1920s)
  • Elizabeth Hotel Building
  • Odd Fellows Building
  • Auxier Hotel Building (1930), a three-story hotel
  • Richmond Building (1914), built of red brick as home of I. Richmond Company Department Store[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Margaret Warminski (December 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Front Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 8, 2018. With six photos from 1988.