200--600 blocks of Walnut St., Springfield, Kentucky. County/parish: Washington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 10, 1989. NRIS 88003435.
Part of Washington County MRA (NRIS 64000261).
36 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Walnut Street Historic District is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The 7 acres (2.8 ha) listed area included 36 contributing buildings.
One of the more important properties is the John Thompson House/Bainbridge Tavern, which served as a tavern operated from 1817 to 1830 by John W. Bainbridge. It is a two-story three-bay log building; it may have been built as a hall/parlor plan house originally. It has a massive brick chimney and very old beaded weatherboarding.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123848994