Mayfield Downtown Commercial District


The Mayfield Downtown Commercial District is a historic [district |historic district] in Mayfield, Kentucky which was listed on the National Register of [Historic Places] in 1984. The listing was increased in 1996.
The original area included 77 contributing buildings; the increase added 21 more.
It includes the Graves [County, Kentucky|Graves County] Courthouse, built in 1888 at cost of $40,000, the fourth courthouse at the location.
Many of the buildings in the district, including the courthouse, suffered major to catastrophic damage on Tornado [outbreak of December 10–11, 2021|December 10–11, 2021], as a 2021 [Western Kentucky tornado|long-track EF4 tornado] directly hit the city. Of the 98 buildings listed in the district, only four remain standing.