Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District

Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky
Listed
July 18, 1990
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90001019

About this property

The Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District is a 7-acre (2.8 ha) historic district in Pineville, Kentucky that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It includes the Bell County Courthouse and related government buildings and the central business core of the town. The original courthouse square was laid out in 1888. The original courthouse (no longer extant) of Bell County, Kentucky was built in 1894. The current courthouse, with a pedimented Ionic portico, was designed by architect John W. Gaddis of Vincennes, Indiana in 1919. The courthouse was renovated extensively in 1978. The district includes what was the only 4-story building in Pineville as of 1988, the 1921-built Pineville Furniture Store building. Next door to that is a George Mesker-designed commercial building with "corbelled cream-colored brickwork." It includes an "impressive" Masonic Temple building built in 1921 that has a three-story brick facade "ornamented with what resembles a proscenium arch of stone supported by a pair of engaged Egyptian pilasters." A brick parapet "is raised in the center to form a shallow pediment above an inscription identifying the building, and a central stone panel contains an emblem of the winged sun disk." The district includes 35 properties, including 26 contributing and four non-contributing buildings.

Location

Pineville, Bell County, Kentucky
36.76157, -83.69560

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

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When was Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District listed on the National Register?

Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1990.

What type of historic resource is Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District?

Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District?

The period of significance for Pineville Courthouse Square Historic District is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1888.

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