LaFayette in Christian County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

LaFayette Bank, 1898

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 27, 2024

1. LaFayette Bank, 1898 Marker

Inscription. Also used as a post office, general store, movie venue, and art studio.

Boys climbed to the roof to reenact western style gun fights.

Many a lie was told around its old cast iron stove.

Erected by City of LaFayette, Kentucky.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.

Location. 36° 39.556′ N, 87° 39.495′ W. Marker is in LaFayette, Kentucky, in Christian County. It is at the intersection of North Main Street and East Cross Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 N Main St, La Fayette KY 42254, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: H.E. Martin, General Medicine, 1931 (within shouting distance of this marker); Lander Hardware, 1937 (within shouting distance of this marker); Livery Stable, late 1800's (within shouting distance of this marker); Gas Station, established after the turn of the 20th Century (within shouting distance of this marker); No-Tillage Farming (approx. 4.9 miles away); U.S. Vice President (approx. 7.2 miles away); Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation (approx. 7½ miles away); Genoa (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in LaFayette.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 27, 2024

2. LaFayette Bank, 1898 Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.