The Cadiz Downtown Historic District, in

Cadiz, Kentucky Cadiz ( ) is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,558 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Clarksville metropolitan area. Cadiz is a historic town located close to the Land ...

, is a

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which was listed on the

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in 1988. It includes Main Street from Scott Street to Franklin Street. It included 16

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. It includes the Trigg County Courthouse, a

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

building built in 1921, designed by Chattanooga architect R.H. Hunt. It is the sixth county courthouse built in Cadiz, replacing the fifth which was built in 1882 and was burned in 1920. With The first Trigg County Courthouse was a wood-frame building, built in 1821 on Cadiz's then-new town square. A replacement in 1833, a two-story brick building, was burned in December 1864 by Confederate troops in the

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. The district includes Early Commercial architecture in various commercial buildings, including 63 Main Street, which is in use in 2014 as the city's

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. It includes the Cadiz Masonic Lodge No. 121 F. and A.M., built around 1855, which was separately listed on the National Register in 1979, and which is an "example of

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at its simplest." It includes a United States Post Office. The Cadiz Main Street Residential District, listed on the National Register in 1989 is along Main St. directly to the east.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Greek Revival architecture in Kentucky Neoclassical architecture in Kentucky Early Commercial architecture in the United States Buildings and structures completed in 1920 National Register of Historic Places in Trigg County, Kentucky Downtown Historic District {{TriggCountyKY-NRHP-stub