BlockFrom the record
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 1987 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
East High Street Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1912.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bounded by E. Chestnut St., S. Catherine St., E. Vine St., and S. Gay St., Mount Vernon
- When was it listed? March 1987
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 86003490 - 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East High Street Historic District: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Goodwin Sand and Gravel, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Purdy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Purdy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
- 1912 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1914 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Gambier quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mt Vernon quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000 - 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Gambier Street District | 0.1 miles | 1976 | |
 | Knox County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1973 |
 | Woodward Opera House | 0.3 miles | 1975 |
| North Main-North Gay Streets Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1990 | |
 | Round Hill | 0.4 miles | 1976 |
| Downtown Mount Vernon Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2012 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003490 in Record Group 79. |
| Knox County | All 42 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.