BlockFrom the record
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Fayette County · listed in 1985 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Washington Court House Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by N. North, East, Hinde & Market Sts., Washington Court House
- When was it listed? September 1985
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 85002351 - 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 Washington Court House Commercial Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Creek Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sugar Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Maps showing this location
7 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1906 USGS Mt Sterling quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Washington Court House quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fayette County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1973 |
 | Barney Kelley House | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Washington School | 0.3 miles | 2013 |
 | Morris Sharp House | 0.3 miles | 1974 |
 | Jacob Light House | 0.3 miles | 1989 |
 | Robinson-Pavey House | 0.4 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002351 in Record Group 79. |
| Fayette County | All 15 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.