North Main-North Detroit Street Historic District

Kenton's North Main and North Detroit Streets form the city's prime residential district, running north from Courthouse Square. Developed from the 1850s into the early 20th century, the tree-lined streets hold about 150 buildings, mostly single-family houses of frame or brick on large lots. Italianate is the most common style, joined by Gothic Revival, Italian Villa, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick Style and Craftsman examples. Three churches stand among the houses. A two-block extension east along East Carroll and East North Streets adds eight institutional buildings in stone or brick: churches, a parochial school, San Antonio Hospital, the 1886 sheriff's office and jail, the 1895 armory and the Masonic lodge. Together they illustrate the city's religious, social, military and political life. The district counts 163 contributing buildings and six intrusions, including apartment buildings and a service station, which interrupt an otherwise cohesive neighborhood of well-preserved late 19th-century architecture.