Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store

Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	College and Broadway Sts., Jackson, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°33′08″N83°23′05″W / 37.55222°N 83.38472°W / 37.55222; -83.38472 (Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store)
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	c.1908-1914
Built by	Mesker, George, Ironworks, other
MPS	Jackson MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000272 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 21, 1986

Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store, at College and Broadway Sts. in Jackson, Kentucky, was built in c.1908-1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

It was a two-story nine-bay brick commercial building. It has a pressed metal cornice and a cast iron facade first floor produced by the George Mesker Ironworks. ^[2]

Photo of Jackson Fire Department building on site, from June 2014

The building appears to have been moved or destroyed.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Helen Powell (1985). "Kentucky Historical Resources Inventory: Crain's Wholesale and Retail Store / Chapman's". National Park Service . Retrieved March 31, 2018. With three photos from 1985.