Detail: 602 Main St Shelbyville Kentucky: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

commercial building

Location

Address:

602 Main St

City:

Shelbyville

County:

Shelby

State/Province/Region:

Kentucky

Zip/Postal Code:

40065

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

S10-13-011

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

0.100648978

Quad/Map name and date:

Shelbyville Date 1993

Township/Range/Section:

/ /

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Henderson Tax Service

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

later than

Known Construction Date:

1944

Source for Known Construction Date:

Armstrong hotel destroyed by fire in 1944. This building occupies the same location.

Architect/Designer:

Developer:

Builder:

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

two-part commercial block

Style, Primary:

Art Moderne

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Distinguished by the twin outset stone bands at the cornice and the unusual 'stepped-up' massing on the west front elevation.

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

masonry

Foundation:

continuous brick

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

modern rubberized/asphalt composite

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Flush cornice

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

original brick

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

historic wood

Window Panes/Lights:

1 over 1

Window Type:

double-hung sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

The storefront design and materials have been altered and no longer reflect the original.

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store

Present Function:

Commerce/Trade: Business

Function remarks:

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Designated at State/Province level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Designated Locally?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Shelbyville Historic District

Protected by ordinance or regulation?:

Yes

Protection status, remarks:

HDC

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Potentially eligible for historic/heritage designation?

Contributes to potential district

Level of potential eligibility

National

Rating or Rank

Recommended as a potential landmark?

Criteria:

A. Associated with historic events, activities, or patterns.
C. Embodies distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction, or form.

Significance and Context

Theme(s)

Period of significance

Significance/Context Remarks

Area(s) of Significance

Architecture
Community Planning and Development

Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings

Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:

Secondary structure type

Contributing to primary property?

Ancillary structures remarks or description:

Condition and Alterations

Character of modifications:

Moderate alteration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1975

Nature of alterations:

Storefront was reconfigured with new materials and design..

Additions?:

Date of major additions:

Addition Height:

Addition Placement:

Addition Type:

Nature of additions:

Endangered / Threatened

Endangered by:

Endangered/Threatened remarks:

Recommendations:

Contact:

Tourism / Featured Destination

Open to the public:

Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:

For Sale, Rent, or Lease

Property Classification:

Sale status:

Sale remarks:

Owner

Ownership type:

Private

Name of Owner:

POLLETT HUBERT RAY AND ELIZABETH SCHMIDT POLLETT

Owner Mailing Address:

1410 ST ANDREWS DRIVE SHELBYVILLE KY 40065

Legal Description of Property/Comments:

Survey and Recorder

Authorized Resource Number or ID :

SHS 768

Optional Tracking or Sequence Number:

Alternate Resource ID or Key:

Survey Date:

October 2013

Surveyed By:

CRE Planning

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Survey and Planning

Level of Survey:

intensive

Sources, References, Bibliography

Previously Surveyed?

Name of Previous Survey:

Additional Research Recommended?

Other Sources of Information:

General Remarks:

Custom / Extra Information

Second Story Vacancy:

yes

Out of District:

Initiation:

CLG

Sponsor:

KHC

Latitude:	38.2109540017754060
Longitude:	-85.2174663987766000
UTM:	Zone 16S 656058.2840 mE, 4230723.0939 mN
Datum	WGS84

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602 Main St Shelbyville, Kentucky USA

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