National Register of Historic Places listings in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
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Baker Site (15MU12)

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April 1, 1986
(#86000654)

Left bank of the Green River, 3 miles (4.8 km) above the Paradise Fossil Plant[5]
37°14′18″N 86°56′47″W﻿ / ﻿37.238333°N 86.946389°W﻿ / 37.238333; -86.946389﻿ (Baker Site (15MU12))
Skilesville

Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[6]

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Greenville City Hall

Greenville City Hall

August 26, 1985
(#85001906)

Court Street
37°12′01″N 87°10′38″W﻿ / ﻿37.200139°N 87.177222°W﻿ / 37.200139; -87.177222﻿ (Greenville City Hall)
Greenville

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Greenville Commercial Historic District

Greenville Commercial Historic District

August 15, 1985
(#85001903)

100 blocks of N. Main and E. Main Cross Sts.
37°12′05″N 87°10′44″W﻿ / ﻿37.201389°N 87.178889°W﻿ / 37.201389; -87.178889﻿ (Greenville Commercial Historic District)
Greenville

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Martin House

Martin House

August 15, 1985
(#85001900)

144 E. Main Cross St.
37°12′06″N 87°10′29″W﻿ / ﻿37.201667°N 87.174722°W﻿ / 37.201667; -87.174722﻿ (Martin House)
Greenville

Demolished in 2013; gazebo (pictured) constructed on site

5

Muhlenberg County Courthouse

Muhlenberg County Courthouse

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December 22, 1978
(#78001390)

Courthouse Sq.
37°12′02″N 87°10′41″W﻿ / ﻿37.200556°N 87.178056°W﻿ / 37.200556; -87.178056﻿ (Muhlenberg County Courthouse)
Greenville

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North Main Street Historic District

North Main Street Historic District

August 15, 1985
(#85001904)

100 and 200 blocks of N. Main St.
37°12′14″N 87°10′44″W﻿ / ﻿37.203889°N 87.178889°W﻿ / 37.203889; -87.178889﻿ (North Main Street Historic District)
Greenville

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Old Muhlenberg County Jail

Old Muhlenberg County Jail

August 15, 1985
(#85001901)

Court Row
37°12′00″N 87°10′40″W﻿ / ﻿37.2°N 87.177778°W﻿ / 37.2; -87.177778﻿ (Old Muhlenberg County Jail)
Greenville

Demolished circa 2000

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Rice Tobacco Factory

Rice Tobacco Factory

August 15, 1985
(#85001902)

112 N. Cherry St.
37°12′08″N 87°10′50″W﻿ / ﻿37.202222°N 87.180556°W﻿ / 37.202222; -87.180556﻿ (Rice Tobacco Factory)
Greenville

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George Short House

George Short House

September 15, 1980
(#80001661)

121 N. Main St.
37°12′11″N 87°10′45″W﻿ / ﻿37.203056°N 87.179167°W﻿ / 37.203056; -87.179167﻿ (George Short House)
Greenville

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South Cherry Street Historic District

South Cherry Street Historic District

August 15, 1985
(#85001905)

Roughly bounded by S. Cherry, Hopkinsville, W. Main Cross, and N. Cherry Sts.
37°11′59″N 87°10′50″W﻿ / ﻿37.199722°N 87.180556°W﻿ / 37.199722; -87.180556﻿ (South Cherry Street Historic District)
Greenville

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Robert Thomas House

Robert Thomas House

December 6, 1990
(#90001833)

516 Broad St.
37°17′45″N 87°07′05″W﻿ / ﻿37.295833°N 87.118056°W﻿ / 37.295833; -87.118056﻿ (Robert Thomas House)
Central City

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The Baker Site is an archaeological site in Muhlenberg County , Kentucky , located north of Andrew 's Run and 2 miles ( 3.2 km ) northwest of Rochester . The site is a shell midden site dating from the Middle Archaic period . In addition to middens , the site also includes four human graves and three dog graves . A number of artifacts , including projectile points and scrapers , have been obtained from the site . The first surveys of the site took place in 1938 , when pits were dug at the site to obtain material for chicken feed . The site was named for Harry Baker , who owned the neighboring piece of land . In 1979 , a state survey observed that the center of the site had been destroyed , leaving only the periphery - about 25% of the total site - comparatively undisturbed . Nevertheless , the site remains valuable , and its edges are believed to retain substantial amounts of information . Such an assessment depended partly on the surface collection performed by the 1979 survey , which recovered 55 stone tools and 44 artifacts derived from animals . The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 1 , 1986 . It is part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District , a National Historic Landmark .
The Green River is a 384-mile-long ( 618 km ) tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky . Tributaries of the Green River include the Barren River , the Nolin River , the Pond River and the Rough River . The river was named after Nathanael Greene , a general of the American Revolutionary War .
The Paradise Fossil Plant is a natural gas power plant operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) . Located just east of Drakesboro , Kentucky , it was the largest megawatt capacity power plant in Kentucky . The plant has a capacity of 1.02-gigawatts ( 1,025 MW ) . The plant originally consisted of three coal units , with a combined capacity of 2,632 MW ( 2,379 MW net ) . Units 1 and 2 were retired in 2017 , and replaced with the natural gas units , and Unit 3 was retired in 2020 .
Skilesville is an unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County , Kentucky , United States . Skilesville is located on the Green River and Kentucky Route 70 on the eastern border of Muhlenberg County , 0.6 miles ( 0.97 km ) west of Rochester .
The Greenville City Hall , located on Court Street , is Greenville , Kentucky 's city hall . The building was constructed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration . The building , which was also designed by the WPA , is the only Art Deco building in Muhlenberg County . Its design features vertical piers , fluted pilasters , reverse crow-stepped ornamentation around the entrances , and chevron-shaped moldings on the second-floor windows . The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 26 , 1985 .
Greenville is a home rule-class city in Muhlenberg County , Kentucky , in the United States . It is the seat of its county . The population was 4,312 at the 2010 census .
The Greenville Commercial Historic District is a historic district located on two blocks of N. Main St. and E. Main Cross St. in Greenville , Kentucky . The district consists of thirteen commercial buildings , ten of which are contributing buildings . The buildings in the district are commercial buildings constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . The oldest of the buildings are two Italianate buildings built in the 1870s . The district includes the First National Bank Building , a Beaux-Arts building constructed in 1901 ; a building at 121-123 N. Main with a metal facade and engaged columns ; the Greenville Record building at 115 N. Main ; Greenville 's Odd Fellows hall at 103 E. Main Cross ; and the Palace Theater at 121 N. Main . The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 15 , 1985 .
The Martin House is a historic house located at 144 E. Main Cross St. in Greenville , Kentucky . The house was built in 1870 by the Brank family , whose 1840 house at the same site had burned down that year . The home initially had an Italianate design which featured decorative bracketing beneath its eaves . Tobacco merchant Rufus Martin bought the house in 1899 , and he and his son remodeled it in the following decade . Martin 's additions were mainly done in the Colonial Revival style and included a front porch supported by Tuscan columns . After Martin died in 1902 , his son inherited the house ; as of the 1980s , the home remained in his family . The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 15 , 1985 .
The Muhlenberg County Courthouse , located in Courthouse Square in Greenville , is the center of government of Muhlenberg County , Kentucky . Built in 1907 , the courthouse was Muhlenberg County 's third permanent courthouse since the county 's creation in 1798 . Louisville-based architects Kenneth McDonald , Sr. , and William J. Dodd - among the most prominent architects in the region at the turn of the 20th century - designed the courthouse . Their Beaux-Arts design features an recessed entrance pavilion set atop a flight of ten stairs and topped by a portico - which exhibits elements of the Neoclassical style - supported by columns . The building is topped by a Baroque octagonal cupola with a clock face on four sides . The interior floor plan is symmetrical . The contract for the courthouse 's construction was awarded to Bailey and Koerner , and the building was finished in 1907 . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22 , 1978 . A historical marker outside the courthouse notes that in 1861 , Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest gathered his troops at the courthouse before the Battle of Sacramento . The courthouse now represents the first of ten stops on the Battle of Sacramento Civil War Driving Tour .
The North Main Street Historic District is a historic district located along the 100 and 200 blocks of North Main Street in Greenville , Kentucky . The district includes 22 buildings , 20 of which are contributing buildings to the district 's historic status . The primarily residential district is located just north of downtown Greenville . The houses within the district were mainly built in the early 20th century and designed in the Colonial Revival , Bungalow , and Queen Anne styles ; an exception to this pattern is the George Short House , which was built in 1841 and is the oldest surviving house in the city . The district also includes the United Methodist Church , a Neoclassical church built in 1921 . The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 15 , 1985 .
The Old Muhlenberg County Jail is a historic jail located on Court Row in Greenville , Kentucky . Built in 1912 , the jail was the third used in Greenville . The stucco building was designed in the Mission Revival style . Its design features a red tile roof , a Mission-style dormer with a quatrefoil vent , and porches with hipped tile roofs over the entrances on three sides . The jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 15 , 1985 .
The Rice Tobacco Factory is a historic tobacco factory located at 112 N. Cherry St. in Greenville , Kentucky . The factory was built in 1922 by S.E . Rice , whose S.E . Rice Company was founded in 1904 . Tobacco had been Muhlenberg County 's largest cash crop throughout the 19th century , and the region became known for its variety , called Greenville Tobacco . The Rice factory , however , was the last building built in Greenville for tobacco production . It is now the only surviving commercial building connected to the city 's tobacco industry . The property was acquired in March , 2018 , and the new owner is in the process of a historic rehabilitation of the building . The factory was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 15 , 1985 .
The George Short House is a historic house located at 151 N. Main St. in Greenville , Kentucky . Built in the 1840s , the house is the oldest remaining home in Greenville and one of fewer than ten in the city from before the Civil War . The Greek Revival home features a two-story porch supported by columns , a transom and sidelights alongside the front door , and brick chimneys on either end of the structure . The house 's first owner , George Washington Short , was a wealthy businessman who was involved with the local tobacco industry . Short built the house in an attempt to impress Tabitha Brank , a woman from Greenville who had rejected his marriage proposal . The house failed to change Brank 's mind , and Short died a bachelor . Short never lived in his new house . The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15 , 1980 . It is also included in the North Main Street Historic District , which is itself on the National Register .
The South Cherry Street Historic District is a historic district mainly located along the 100 block of South Cherry Street in Greenville , Kentucky . The primarily residential district , which also includes properties on several neighboring streets , contains twenty-three buildings , eighteen of which are contributing buildings to the district 's historical significance . The first house in the district was built in 1842 by Jonathan Short . Short was followed by several others in the 1840s and 1850s as Cherry Street became the favored neighborhood of Greenville 's prosperous merchants . The early homes in the district were all designed in a vernacular Greek Revival style . During Greenville 's economic boom after 1871 , more homes were built in the district ; most of the newer homes were designed in the Colonial Revival and Queen Anne styles . Two churches were constructed in the area in the 1890s : the Gothic Revival Colored Baptist Church and the Romanesque Revival Cumberland Presbyterian Church . Three of the district 's homes were built in the early 1900s as a result of a rivalry between the Duncan and Wickliffe families , who both wished to prove that they were wealthier and of higher status than the other . After the Duncan family built a Queen Anne home at 117 South Cherry in 1907 , the Wickliffes constructed an $ 8000 Beaux-Arts house at 112 Hopkinsville Street the following year . The Duncans responded by building the $ 10,000 Thistle Cottage at 122 South Cherry Street , which featured decorative woodwork and stained glass windows . Even more houses were built in the district between 1910 and 1930 ; these later additions were mainly Colonial Revival homes and bungalows . Construction in the district largely ended after 1930 , however , leaving the district primarily composed of historic homes .
The Robert Thomas House is a historic house located at 516 Broad St. in Central City , Kentucky . The house was built in 1899 as a model home for an exhibit at the St. Louis World 's Fair . Robert Y. Thomas and his family purchased the home and two other model homes from the display ; the three homes were moved to Central City in 1904 . Thomas , who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives , lived in the house , which he considered the nicest of the three , until 1917 . The Dutch Colonial Revival home features a gambrel roof , a front porch supported by Tuscan columns , and a balustrade along the roof of the porch . It is the only extant Dutch Colonial Revival building in Central City . The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 6 , 1990 .
Central City is a home rule-class city in Muhlenberg County , Kentucky , in the United States . The population was 5,978 at the 2010 census . It is also the largest city in the county and the principal community in the Central City Micropolitan Statistical Area , which includes all of Muhlenberg County .