North Main Street Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 30 National Register listings published here for Hopkins County · listed in 1988 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly 200 and 300 blks. N. Main St., Madisonville, 42431
When was it listed? December 1988
Category. district
Also known as. Hopkins County MPS
Census division. Madisonville
National Register reference number. 88002713 - 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

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of North Main Street Historic District between 1998 and 2018, burning about 348 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Debris and open burning	10
Recreation and ceremony	9
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	B & K SAWMILL
6 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	10 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	LABOR
9 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
3 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	2 FENCE
20 August 2007	Debris and open burning	74 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
31 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	114 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	BIRDS NEST
23 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
21 April 2001	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Storms near this property

60 of 100 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madisonville, the town this property stands in, in 100 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 15 flash flood, 12 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2022	Lightning	Madisonville	1 killed	A 38-year-old man who was flying a remote-controlled plane was struck by lightning. He was airlifted to an out-of-state hospital, where he died several days later.
June 2009	Lightning	Madisonville	1 hurt	A UPS truck driver was struck by lightning as he stepped down from his truck while making a delivery. He was treated and released from the local emergency room.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$250,000	Flooding was particularly severe around the Parkway Plaza Mall off of the Pennyrile Parkway. At least six businesses in the mall area sustained flood damage. Several inches of water covered the floor of one business. Local police reported one and a half feet of water flowing down the main street through Madisonville. Local officials reported nearly four inches of rain fell during the day, mostly in the morning.
March 1997	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$250,000	no account filed
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$75,000	A broad area of scattered wind damage was observed over a wide swath across central and southern Hopkins County. The damage consisted mostly of downed tree limbs averaging 3 to 6 inches in diameter. There were occasional uprooted trees, generally small in size. Trees were down across U.S. Highway 62 on the north side of Nortonville. Tin roofing was peeled off a few barns and outbuildings. At least ten trees were uprooted in Hopkins County. Peak winds in Hopkins County were estimated near 80 mph. The main area of damage in Hopkins County began along Highway 70 southwest of Madisonville. It extended southeast across the Western Kentucky Parkway between St. Charles and the Pennyrile Parkway. The damage area crossed into Christian County southwest of White Plains, including the Pennyrile Parkway area.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$75,000	Very heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding. Streets were closed and voluntary evacuations were conducted. Flooding damaged several businesses in Madisonville. Rainfall measured 5.34 inches at the water plant in Madisonville.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$50,000	Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$30,000	Widespread damaging winds accompanied a line of thunderstorms across the Madisonville area. Several trees were snapped or uprooted in Hanson. Large trees were down in Madisonville. A wind gust to 62 mph was measured at a mesonet site four miles south of Madisonville.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$30,000	A home on Jaygeo street in Madisonville had part of its roof blown off.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$30,000	At an industrial park within the northeastern city limits of Madisonville, several panels of tin were torn off the roof of a spec building. Insulation was blown away. Some branches and debris were found in the surrounding area.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$30,000	Several trees were blown down in and near the Madisonville area. One tree fell on a mobile home resulting in substantial damage.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$30,000	no account filed
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$25,000	A few shingles were blown off at least a half dozen homes in Madisonville, along with some large limbs blown down causing power outages.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$20,000	A microburst with estimated peak winds of 75 mph damaged several structures and some trees. Four homes, a business, and a shed received some shingle damage. Large sections of a vinyl fence were blown down. Several large tree limbs were down. The damage area was about 500 yards long and 500 yards wide. The damage occurred along and just west of U.S. Highway 41.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$15,000	A few miles west of Madisonville, a porch was heavily damaged. The front wall of the porch separated from the foundation, and the porch windows were blown out. At a nearby business, an aluminum roof was ripped off a storage shed. A trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 70 mph. In the city, a couple of power lines were blown down, causing power outages.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	Multiple tree limbs and several trees were down.
December 2013	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$10,000	Highway 254 was impassable due to flooding near Madisonville. In Madisonville, U.S. Highway 41 was closed due to flooding, and a vehicle was stranded in floodwaters at a mall. The driver of the vehicle was safely removed. Four streets in Dawson Springs were closed. A secondary road near Beulah was blocked by flooding.
February 2012	Tornado (EF0)	Madisonville	$10,000	A trained spotter reported a tornado on the ground near exit 44 along the Pennyrile Parkway.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	A wind gust to 60 mph was measured in the southern part of Madisonville. Large tree limbs were down, blocking a few roads and damaging a fence. A small porch on a restaurant was damaged, along with a gazebo.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	Three homes were damaged.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$10,000	Several trees and large limbs were blown down in Madisonville.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$6,000	Trees were blown down, blocking roads.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$6,000	Large tree limbs were blown down. One of the limbs crashed through the roof of a parked van and caused minor damage to a neighbor's residence.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$5,000	Significant flash flooding was reported in the Madisonville area. Flooding was reported over a portion of Interstate 69 at exit 116. Flooding in town resulted in one stalled vehicle.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$5,000	Up to 6 inches of water was on roads in downtown Madisonville. Water entered at least one business. Sewers and storm drains were backed up.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$5,000	Several trees were brought down by thunderstorm winds. A large tree fell on a house on Hall Street. Electricity was cut to about 200 customers.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Madisonville	$4,000	Several roads were flooded in Madisonville. Minor flooding was observed in the emergency management office in Madisonville. About 1.3 inches of rain was measured in 30 minutes.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$4,000	Damaging thunderstorm winds occurred throughout the Madisonville area. A trained spotter on the southwest side of Madisonville estimated winds gusted to 65 mph, downing small tree limbs. In Madisonville, downed power lines blocked travel on a portion of U.S. Highway 41. At the Madisonville airport east of the city, the automated observing system clocked a gust to 60 mph.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$4,000	A few trees and power lines were down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$4,000	Large tree limbs and power lines were down.
June 2011	Lightning	Madisonville	$3,000	Sporadic power outages occurred due to lightning strikes.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$3,000	A wind gust to 62 mph was measured at the Kentucky mesonet site south of Madisonville. A live power line came down across a road in Earlington.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$3,000	Trees were down.
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$2,000	Large tree limbs were down.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$2,000	A tree was blown down on a house.
April 2016	Flood	Madisonville	$2,000	A vehicle was stranded in flooding under a railroad overpass.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	$1,000	A large oak tree was snapped.
March 1995	Hail	Madisonville	$1,000	no account filed
May 2025	Flood	Madisonville	-	Report submitted via mPING. Radar estimated rainfall was approximately one inch, most of which fell within an hour.
December 2024	Flood	Madisonville	-	Flooding was reported on McCoy Street, as brief torrential rainfall occurred with a fast-moving line of thunderstorms.
June 2023	Hail	Madisonville	-	This severe thunderstorm began in southwest Union County, producing a swath of large hail southeast across western Webster County to Madisonville.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	-	A trained spotter estimated winds gusted between 40 and 60 mph near Deaconess Hospital.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Madisonville	-	Several roads in Madisonville were closed due to flash flooding. Storm total rainfall of 2 to 3 inches was reported in the Madisonville area.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Madisonville	-	Water was over several roads in Madisonville, including U.S. Highway 41, which was impassable. About six inches of water covered Highway 41A.
October 2018	Flood	Madisonville	-	A few state roads were flooded in the Madisonville area, including the intersection of Highways 254 and 892 just east of Madisonville. A 24-hour total of 4.73 inches was reported by the co-operative observer at Madisonville.
July 2015	Heavy Rain	Madisonville	-	Street flooding was reported in the city of Madisonville. A side street was impassable where it passed through a railroad tunnel. There were lane closures on U.S. Highway 41 on the south end of the city. Manhole covers were blown off on the east side of the city. A citizen on the northwest side of Madisonville measured a 12-hour rainfall of 3.41 inches.
August 2015	Heavy Rain	Madisonville	-	The Kentucky mesonet site near Madisonville measured 1.03 inches of rain in 45 minutes.
December 2015	Flash Flood	Madisonville	-	Flash flooding was reported on the north side of Madisonville. U.S. Highway 41 was impassable at the railroad tunnel.
October 2014	Hail	Madisonville	-	Pea to dime-size hail was reported at exit 44 of the Pennyrile Parkway.
July 2013	Funnel Cloud	Madisonville	-	A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud with broad, weak rotation.
December 2012	Heavy Rain	Madisonville	-	Locally heavy rainfall of around an inch per hour caused some roads to become covered with water.
February 2012	Heavy Rain	Madisonville	-	Street flooding occurred in the city of Madisonville.
February 2012	Hail	Madisonville	-	Half-dollar size hail occurred on the south side of Madisonville.
March 2012	Hail	Madisonville	-	Golf ball size hail was reported just northwest of Madisonville.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	-	The Kentucky Mesonet site near Madisonville recorded a wind gust of 56 knots.
April 2011	Hail	Madisonville	-	Quarter size hail was observed in Madisonville. Golf-ball size hail was reported at exit 40 on the Pennyrile Parkway. This was the same storm that produced golf-ball size hail in the Dawson Springs and St. Charles areas earlier.
February 2011	Heavy Rain	Madisonville	-	The railroad underpass on U.S. Highway 41 was flooded.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Madisonville	-	A measured wind gust to 60 mph was observed.
June 2011	Heavy Rain	Madisonville	-	There were several reports of urban and small stream flooding around the county.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Madisonville	-	A couple of houses were evacuated in the county. U.S. Highway 62 was closed between mile markers 16 and 18 due to high water. U.S. Highway 41 was closed between mile markers 16 and 17. Several other secondary roads were closed throughout the county. In Madisonville, six inches of water was under an overpass on State Route 70. Water was over portions of a side street. A trained spotter measured just over 5 inches in Dawson Springs.

Every storm recorded in Hopkins 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
John Harvey House	under 500 feet	1988
US Post Office-Madisonville	0.2 miles	1989
Madisonville Commercial Historic District	0.3 miles	1988
Dr. Thomas Gardiner House	0.3 miles	1988
Madisonville Public Library	0.4 miles	1988
L. D. Hockersmith House	0.6 miles	1988

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88002713 in Record Group 79.
Hopkins County	All 30 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.
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.