National Register of Historic Places listings in Trigg County, Kentucky
Current listings
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Name on the Register

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Date listed[4]

Location
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Description

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Brick Inn

Brick Inn

April 10, 1980
(#80001672)

Off Kentucky Route 80
36°48′06″N 87°58′05″W﻿ / ﻿36.801667°N 87.968056°W﻿ / 36.801667; -87.968056﻿ (Brick Inn)
Canton

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Cadiz Downtown Historic District

Cadiz Downtown Historic District

November 14, 1988
(#88002606)

Roughly Main St. from Scott to Franklin Sts.
36°51′44″N 87°50′13″W﻿ / ﻿36.862222°N 87.836944°W﻿ / 36.862222; -87.836944﻿ (Cadiz Downtown Historic District)
Cadiz

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Cadiz Main Street Residential District

Cadiz Main Street Residential District

May 16, 1989
(#89000384)

Main St. between Line St. and Scott St.
36°51′53″N 87°49′59″W﻿ / ﻿36.864722°N 87.833056°W﻿ / 36.864722; -87.833056﻿ (Cadiz Main Street Residential District)
Cadiz

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Cadiz Masonic Lodge No. 121 F. and A.M.

Cadiz Masonic Lodge No. 121 F. and A.M.

April 17, 1979
(#79001032)

Jefferson and Monroe Sts.
36°51′45″N 87°50′16″W﻿ / ﻿36.862500°N 87.837778°W﻿ / 36.862500; -87.837778﻿ (Cadiz Masonic Lodge No. 121 F. and A.M.)
Cadiz

5

Center Furnace

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May 12, 1977
(#77000652)

Between Honker and Hematite Lakes, Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area[5]
36°54′01″N 88°02′19″W﻿ / ﻿36.900278°N 88.038611°W﻿ / 36.900278; -88.038611﻿ (Center Furnace)
Golden Pond

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Confederate Monument of Cadiz

Confederate Monument of Cadiz

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July 17, 1997
(#97000667)

Courthouse Lawn, 0.5 miles east of the junction of Kentucky Routes 139 and 1175
36°51′42″N 87°50′16″W﻿ / ﻿36.861667°N 87.837778°W﻿ / 36.861667; -87.837778﻿ (Confederate Monument of Cadiz)
Cadiz

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Thomas Dawson House

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December 1, 1980
(#80001671)

South of Cadiz
36°43′16″N 87°41′10″W﻿ / ﻿36.721111°N 87.686111°W﻿ / 36.721111; -87.686111﻿ (Thomas Dawson House)
Cadiz

8

John McCaughan House

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January 8, 1987
(#87000212)

Kentucky Route 276
36°54′07″N 87°45′22″W﻿ / ﻿36.901944°N 87.756111°W﻿ / 36.901944; -87.756111﻿ (John McCaughan House)
Cadiz

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The Brick Inn , also known as the Canton Hotel , in Canton , Kentucky , was built in 1819 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 . It is a two-story five-bay brick building , with south and west facades laid in Flemish bond . It is located on Lake Barkely , formerly part of the Cumberland River . It was built by early settler Abraham Boyd . The hotel hosted visitors including the Marquis de Lafayette , James K. Polk , and Jenny Lind .
Kentucky Route 80 ( KY 80 ) is a 483.55-mile-long ( 778.20 km ) state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky . The route originates on the state 's western border at Columbus in Hickman County , and stretches across the southern portion of the state , terminating southeast of Elkhorn City on the Virginia state line . It is the longest Kentucky State Highway , though the official distance as listed in route logs is much less due to multiple concurrencies with U.S. Route 68 ( US 68 ) and U.S. Route 23 . The route was split into two segments from 2003 to November 2009 . Construction and relocation of Kentucky Route 80 in Graves , Calloway , and Marshall counties during this time caused the route to be split . A new , four-laned 8.5-mile ( 13.7 km ) section of Kentucky Route 80 opened in Calloway County on November 25 , 2009 . The route is now four-lanes from Mayfield to Aurora with plans to complete the four-laning from Aurora to Cadiz over the next few years . [ citation needed ]
Canton is an unincorporated community in Trigg County , Kentucky , United States . Canton is located on the eastern shore of Lake Barkley along U.S. Route 68 and Kentucky Route 80 8.5 miles ( 13.7 km ) west-southwest of Cadiz .
The Cadiz Downtown Historic District , in Cadiz , Kentucky , is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 . It includes Main Street from Scott Street to Franklin Street . It included 16 contributing buildings . It includes the Trigg County Courthouse , a Classical Revival 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 . The first Trigg County Courthouse was a 26 by 36 feet ( 7.9 m × 11.0 m ) wood frame building , built in 1821 on Cadiz 's then-new town square [ citation needed ] . A replacement in 1833 , a two-story brick building , was burned in December 1864 by Confederate troops in the American Civil War . The district includes Early Commercial architecture in various commercial buildings , including 63 Main Street , which is in use in 2014 as the city 's city hall . 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 Greek Revival 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 .
Cadiz ( locally /ˈkeɪdiːz , -dɪz/ ( listen ) KAY-deez , -⁠diz ) is a home rule-class city in 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 an old town located close to the Land Between the Lakes , a popular recreation area , and was a base of Union and Confederate operations during the Civil War . It permits the sale of alcoholic beverages .
The Cadiz Main Street Residential District is a 7.1 acres ( 2.9 ha ) historic district in Cadiz , Kentucky which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 . It runs along Main St. , between Line St. and Scott St. , and included 32 contributing buildings . It consists of houses , related outbuildings , and one church : the 1903 Gothic Revival-style Cadiz Baptist Church . The Cadiz Downtown Historic District , listed on the National Register in 1988 is along Main St. directly to its west .
The Cadiz Masonic Lodge No . 121 F. and A.M. , at Jefferson and Monroe Sts . in Cadiz , Kentucky , was built around 1854 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 . It is a rectangular brick building on an ashlar stone foundation . In 1998 the building was included in the Cadiz Downtown Historic District , and was described as an example of Greek Revival at its simplest . In 2014 it was serving as Trigg County Historical Museum .
The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake . The area was designated a national recreation area by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 . The recreation area was originally managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority but jurisdiction has since been transferred to the United States Forest Service . It was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere reserve in 1991 , but was withdrawn from the program as of June 2017 due to the environmental policies of the 45th President , Donald Trump .
Golden Pond was a town in western Trigg County , Kentucky , United States . It is now the headquarters of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area 11 miles ( 18 km ) west-southwest of Cadiz . Golden Pond was established in the 19th century and became known for its moonshining activity during Prohibition . The Tennessee Valley Authority evicted the last residents in 1969 when the recreation area was created .
The Confederate Monument , in Cadiz , Kentucky , was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 . A marble memorial to the Confederate veterans of Trigg County it was erected in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy . The monument is located off Main Street and is about 10 feet ( 3.0 m ) tall . It has four Doric columns with a limestone cube in between . The cube was once a fountain . It was located on a lawn in front of a historic courthouse , but the courthouse was demolished in 2008 and replaced by a new justice center in 2009 . [ citation needed ]
Kentucky Route 139 ( KY 139 ) is a 55.797-mile-long ( 89.797 km ) state highway in Kentucky that runs from Tennessee State Route 120 at the Tennessee state line south of Cadiz to Kentucky Route 120 in rural Crittenden County north of Princeton via Cadiz and Princeton .
The Thomas Dawson House , in Trigg County , Kentucky about 12 miles ( 19 km ) south of Cadiz , was built in 1816-17 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 . It is a one-and-a-half-story hall-parlor plan brick house , under renovation in 1980 . The listing also included a family cemetery about 400 feet ( 120 m ) to the south .
Kentucky Route 276 ( KY 276 ) is a 17.7-mile-long ( 28.5 km ) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky . The highway connects mostly rural areas of Trigg and Caldwell counties with the extreme eastern part of Cadiz .