East High Street Historic District

East of downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio, the East High Street district is a neighborhood of about 45 acres built mostly between 1830 and 1925. It is chiefly residential, with large shade trees and brick side streets, and it also takes in parts of East Chestnut, Gay and East Vine Streets. Greek Revival houses from the 1840s were followed after the Civil War by many Italianate homes built for officers, officials, lawyers, merchants and contractors. Later Queen Anne, Chateauesque and Colonial Revival houses joined them. Public and religious buildings include the 1854 Greek Revival Knox County Courthouse, the 1836 Gothic Revival St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the 1920s Georgian Revival Knox County Memorial Building. The district is listed for architecture and community development patterns that mirror the city's growth and prosperity. Its count includes 75 contributing buildings and 4 contributing sites. A few later or altered buildings are classed as intrusions, but the historic character remains largely intact.