Cox Building (Maysville, Kentucky)

The Cox Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Cox Building
Location	2-8 E. 3rd St.
Nearest city	Maysville, Ky
Coordinates	38°38′48″N 83°45′54″W / 38.64667°N 83.76500°WCoordinates: 38°38′48″N 83°45′54″W / 38.64667°N 83.76500°W
Built	1887
Architect	W. R. Brown
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	11000538 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 18, 2011

Brothers George L. and William Hopkinson Cox began construction of the Richardsonian Romanesque Cox Building at Third and Market Streets in Maysville, Kentucky in 1886 and completed construction in 1887. The project also included the construction of seven contiguous brick homes extending south along the east side of Market Street to Fourth Street.^[2]

The building was designed to accommodate three large storefronts on the ground floor with associated second-story storerooms for each. The remainder of the second floor was originally designed as upscale professional office space for up to nine tenants. In practice, the nine offices were often joined into larger office suites, and were later converted into apartments. The upper three stories of the Cox Building were designed explicitly for use as a Masonic Temple, specifically for the York Rite "Knights Templar".^[1]

The City of Maysville purchased the building in 2006 for $200,000 as a restoration project.^[2] The roof, fourth and fifth floors were destroyed by fire on November 9, 2010. Restoration work continued and the completed work was dedicated at 11:00 am on September 7, 2012.^[3]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF).
2. "The Cox Building History". Retrieved 2014-05-26.
3. "Cox Building". Retrieved 2014-05-26.