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Monticello Historic Commercial District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Monticello Historic Commercial District, around Main and Columbus Streets in Monticello, Kentucky, is a 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.”

Wikipedia article Monticello Historic Commercial District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1982 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 11 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Main and Columbus Sts., Monticello, 42633
  • When was it listed? October 1982
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Monticello
  • National Register reference number. 82001577 - 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.

Fires near this property

61 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Monticello Historic Commercial District between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,806 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 May 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2014Debris and open burning80 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWRAY HOLLOW FIRE
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
14 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 April 2018Arson/incendiarism10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryTHE BRIDGE
10 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Monticello Historic Commercial District: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bald Rock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coffey Mountain ShaleClayProspect
Monticello QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

60 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello, the town this property stands in, in 113 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 68 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 12 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2002HailMonticello1 hurt, $500Windows were busted from large hail.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMonticello$55,000A tree was blown down onto a mobile home, also causing electrical lines to fall on the home, in the 500 block of South Main Street in Monticello.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMonticello$50,000Trees were blown down across roads throughout the county by winds estimated at 63 mph.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindMonticello$35,000Numerous trees down county wide.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMonticello$30,000Trees and power lines down in Monticello and throughout the county.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMonticello$30,000Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down, especially near Lake Cumberland.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindMonticello$25,000Numerous trees down countywide.
May 2025HailMonticello$20,000Pictures on social media show structural damage along Cherry Street in Monticello from the large hail that fell. Multiple broken windsow and tattered vinyl siding is visible, alongside piles of large, melting hail stones.
March 1997Flash FloodMonticello$20,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$15,000Trees and limbs were blown down in Monticello.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMonticello$15,000A barn was blown onto Route 200 in Monticello. Trees were down across the county.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000Trees and power lines were down in the Monticello area and also northern Wayne County.
March 2002Flash FloodMonticello$10,000Heavy rains during March 17th caused repeated episodes of flash flooding. Several roads were flooded.
January 1997Thunderstorm WindMonticello$10,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$8,000Trees were blown down onto a trailer home on Evelyn Ave in Monticello.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMonticello$7,000Several trees were blown down in and near Monticello, blocking roads.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMonticello$6,500Wayne County dispatch reported that very strong thunderstorm wind gusts had caused a tree to fall onto a mobile home and vehicle along Tennessee Street just southeast of Monticello.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000A citizen reported a couple of large tree limbs being snapped, and subsequently falling onto a nearby storage building, causing it to collapse.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Multiple trees were blown down outside the Wayne County Hospital.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Trees were blown down in the city of Monticello at the intersection of College and Alexander Streets.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Numerous trees down over south portion of the county. Power out in Monticello for a couple of hours.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMonticello$5,000Trees down across an area around 200 yards wide along Highway 92 East near Monticello. One tree fell on a house and a roof was blown off a garage.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$4,000A few trees and large limbs were reported to have been blown down in Monticello.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Trees were blown down and the siding was blown off of a garage on Missouri Hollow Rd.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindMonticello$3,000Trailer roof blown off.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Dispatch reported a tree blown down just southwest of Monticello as a strong thunderstorm moved overhead.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000There were trees down on Hollow road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000There were trees down on highway 200 at Flat Springs.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000A couple of trees were blown down in the Monticello area; one on Hwy 5 west on KY Hwy 200 and the other 2 miles northeast on KY Hwy 3285. High water was over roads county wide but no roads were closed.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Power lines blown down.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Several trees down on powerlines.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMonticello$2,000Tree down and broke power line at Rogers Grove.
August 2013Flash FloodMonticello$1,000Highway 92 was closed near Hwy776. Highway 167 was also closed a few miles out of town.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMonticello$1,000A tree was blown down and across Hwy 200 in the Number One community.
May 2010HailMonticello$1,000One inch hail and a downed tree were reported at Betsey.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMonticello$1,000A tree was blown down on KY Hwy 858.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindMonticello$1,000One tree was blown down near the intersection of Highways 200 and 834 by wind gusts estimated at 61 mph.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMonticello$1,000Large tree limbs down on power lines on Old Missouri Hollow Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMonticello-A tree was blown down and was blocking Michigan Avenue in Monticello, adjacent to the Monticello Wayne County Park.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Wayne County 911 reports trees downed on Dugan Street in Monticello.
May 2025HailMonticello-A picture on social media showed piles of melting large hail along Michigan Avenue in Monticello. Some of these stones are at least quarter-sized even after melting some, and the ground is completely covered. Vehicles are also covered in tree debris from the falling hail.
May 2025HailMonticello-Large amounts of ping pong ball sized hail was reported near the Doughboy Statue on Main Street in downtown Monticello.
May 2025HailMonticello-Multiple reports of broken windows and damaged vinyl siding were made in Monticello for the large hail this evening. At a residence along Bob Carrender Road (Donnie Patton Rd), there were photos of holes in the siding, with hail estimated to be at least ping pong ball sized.
May 2024Flash FloodMonticello-North Main Street was closed in front of the Monticello City Fire Department due to flooding.
May 2024HailMonticello-A public report of quarter sized hail was made in Monticello.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMonticello-A tree was blown down and across KY-167 in the 700 block near Monticello.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Two large trees were blown down on KY-1275 N in the 600 block near Monticello.
February 2019FloodMonticello-Law enforcement reported flooding throughout Monticello. This includes along Kentucky Highways 3284, 92, and 167.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Local media reported a few trees down throughout Monticello due to the saturated ground. These were found on Ridgewood Avenue, Hickory Hill Drive, and Columbia Avenue.
May 2017HailMonticello-A trained spotter observed nickel sized hail in Monticello.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Dispatch relayed reports of several trees blown down on Missouri Hollow Road and Morris Hill Road as a line of thunderstorms moved south of Monticello.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees were blown down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees were blown down in Monticello.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Tree limbs were blown down onto power lines, leading to power outages in the area. Pea size hail was also reported.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Trees and power lines were blown down in Monticello.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMonticello-Several trees were blown down in Monticello.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindMonticello-A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph occurred 2 miles north of Monticello.
September 2012Heavy RainMonticello-According to a cooperative weather observer, 2.83 inches of rain fell in Monticello.
January 2010Heavy RainMonticello-As a result of heavy rainfall, four inches of water was reported running over Highway 92 in Monticello.
May 2010HailMonticello-Quarter size hail fell at Murl.

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

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

4 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Hotel Breedingunder 500 feet1988
Fairchild House0.3 miles2008
Wayne County High School0.7 miles2013
West-Metcalfe House7.3 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82001577 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne CountyAll 7 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.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • 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.