Scottsville Downtown Commercial Historic District
historic district in Kentucky, United States
The Scottsville Downtown Commercial Historic District, in Scottsville, Kentucky is a 14 acres (5.7 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
It included 29 contributing buildings and three non-contributing ones. It includes Scottsville's Public Square, which was site of the Allen County Courthouse until 1965, and it extends roughly one block north and south on Court St., and one block east and west on Main St.
The buildings are primarily one- and two-story brick and wood-frame with brick veneer commercial buildings, built between 1881 and 1946.
“Scottsville Downtown Commercial Historic District” enters the record as historic district in Kentucky, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Scottsville, Downtown and Commercial can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55013195. Authority coordinates are 36.754, -86.191. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001, 1965, 1881 and 1946.
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