BlockFrom the record
One of 175 National Register listings published here for Fayette County · listed in 1979 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Athens Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- Address. Athens-Boonesboro Pike, Athens, 40509
- When was it listed? October 1979
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 79000971 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Athens Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Smitha Vein | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite, Sphalerite |
Storms near this property
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athens, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athens | $50,000 | It was reported that trees and a barn were damaged on McCalls Mill Road. Also on the 4800 block of Athens Walnut Hill Road trees, a barn, and a playset were damaged. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athens | - | A tree fell down on McCalls Mill Road near Athens. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athens | - | A picture from the public was received that showed a tree down across the road at the intersection of Old Richmond Road and S. Cleveland Road. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Athens | - | The Fayette County Emergency Manager reported 1 inch hail along Interstate 75 near Lexington. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Spring | 1.8 miles | 1978 | |
| James Pettit's Mill | 1.8 miles | 1983 | |
 | Highland Hall | 2.0 miles | 1977 |
| Samuel T. Hayes House | 2.3 miles | 1980 | |
| Middle Reaches of Boone Creek Rural Historic District | 2.5 miles | 1996 | |
| Grimes House and Mill Complex | 2.6 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000971 in Record Group 79. |
| Fayette County | All 175 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.