BlockFrom the record
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
North Main-North Gay Streets Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1912.
The listing
- Listed as. North Main--North Gay Streets Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Roughly bounded by Curtis St., N. Gay St., Public Sq., and N. Main St., Mount Vernon
- When was it listed? March 1990
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 90000383 - 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 North Main-North Gay Streets 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Round Hill | 0.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Knox County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1973 |
 | Woodward Opera House | 0.3 miles | 1975 |
 | East High Street Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1987 |
| Downtown Mount Vernon Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2012 | |
 | Pennsylvania Depot | 0.5 miles | 1972 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90000383 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.