Lawrenceburg Commercial Historic District
Roughly, Main St. from North Alley to Court St. and Court from Main to the Southern RR tracks, Lawrenceburg, KYLawrenceburg Commercial Historic District is significan for its association with a series of events that created its present form which contributes to our understanding of the historic context "Development of the Commercial Districts of Central Kentucky County Seats, 1785 to 1940." The Lawrenceburg Commercial Historic District is recognized as a distinctive entity. The proposed Lawrenceburg District has been compared with other commercial districts on the National Register in Danville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Harrodsburg, Lancaster, Paris, Richmond, Winchester, and Versailles. The Lawrenceburg Downtown Commercial District retains a high degree of integrity relative to the aspects of location, setting, materials, feeling, and association.
Local significance of the district:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.