Kentucky - Nelson County - Historic Districts
Nelson County Kentucky (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Historic District, Bardstown Historic District and St. Joseph Cathedral and College Complex, Bloomfield Historic District and Cottage Grove Historic District.

The famous person Thomas Speed is associated with one of more of the Nelson County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Nelson County places including Leslie B. Samuels, Batcheldor & Allen, Samuels,T.W. and II. Prominent architectural styles found in Nelson Country are Federal, Italianate and Greek Revival.

Bardstown Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002837)
Roughly bounded by 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sts. Muir Ave., and RR track , Bardstown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal, Georgian
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Vacant/Not In Use
Bloomfield Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000234)
Central Bloomfield, including parts of Hill, Main, Perry and Depots Sts. and Fairfield, Springfield and Taylorsville Rds, Bloomfield
Christopher L. Riley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Early Republic, Italianate, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Education, Black, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Business, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Cottage Grove Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000390)
Also known as NE-238
1015 Old Bloomfield Pike , Bardstown
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Second Empire, Federal
Historic Person:
Speed,Thomas
Significant Year:
1811, 1895
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Samuels, T. W., Distillery Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002047)
Jct. of KY 523 and Corman RR tracks , Deatsville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Samuels,T.W.,II, Samuels,Leslie B.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001425)
N of Bardstown off US 31E , Bardstown
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure
St. Joseph Cathedral and College Complex (added 1976 - - #76000930)
Also known as See Also:74000897;73000823
W. Stephen Foster Ave. , Bardstown
Eoghanacht, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Education, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, College, Institutional Housing, School
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Museum, Restaurant
Walnut Groves Farm (Boundary Increase I) (added 1999 - - #99000521)
Also known as Merrifield, Samuel B. House, See also: Walnut Groves Farm
801 Taylorsville Rd. , Bloomfield
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Storage
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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