National Register of Historic Places - Kentucky (KY), Edmonson County

Edmonson County Kentucky has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Asphalt Rock Pictographs (15ED24), Dismal Rock Shelter Petroglyphs (15ED15), Hercules and Coach No. 2, Salts Cave Archeological Site and Willis, Mathias, Store House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland, Archaic, Paleo-Indian and Early Woodland dating back to 9999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Edmonson County historic places including Floyd Collins and Dr. William Ford.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Edmonson County places including Baldwin Locomotive Works, Burnham, Perry, Williams, & Co., Civilian Conservation Corps, Floyd Collins, William Ford, Edwin Turner and L.P. Edwards. Prominent architectural styles found in Edmonson Country are Federal, Late Victorian and Colonial Revival.

Asphalt Rock Pictographs (15ED24) (added 1989 - - #89001185)

Also known as 15ED24

Address Restricted , Asphalt

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland

Period of Significance:

9000-9999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest

Bransford Spring Pumphouse (added 1991 - - #91000493)

Also known as 25

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Processing Site

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Colossal Cavern Entrance (added 1991 - - #91000491)

Also known as Colossal Cave Entrance;E-19

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Natural Feature

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

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Crystal Cave District (added 1991 - - #91000500)

Also known as Includes structures T-73,T-74 and site E-13

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Collins,Floyd

Significant Year:

1917

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp

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Dismal Rock Shelter Petroglyphs (15ED15) (added 1989 - - #89001184)

Also known as 15ED15

Address Restricted , Sweeden

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland

Period of Significance:

9000-9999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Forest

Ford, William, House (added 1980 - - #80001506)

S of Brownsville on U.S. 31W , Brownsville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ford,William

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal

Historic Person:

Ford,Dr. William

Significant Year:

1890, 1830, 1880

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000498)

Also known as T-43,C-11

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

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Great Onyx Cave Entrance (added 1991 - - #91000490)

Also known as E-16

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

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Hercules and Coach No. 2 (added 1975 - - #75000160)

Also known as Historic Train Hercules and Coach #2

Off KY 70 in Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Burnham, Perry, Williams, & Co., Baldwin Locomotive Works

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000496)

Also known as T-40,C-16

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

More Information:

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Maintenance Area District (added 1991 - - #91000501)

Also known as Buildings 59,60,63,64

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government, Other

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station

Current Function:

Government, Other

Current Sub-function:

Fire Station

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Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000497)

Also known as T-41,C-44

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Religious Structure

More Information:

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Mammoth Cave Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000503)

Also known as E-01,IC-02,IC-03,HS2A,HS2B,IC-10,IC-05,IC-08,IC-09,IC-04,HS3

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Health/Medicine, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Extractive Facility, Hospital, Processing Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

More Information:

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Maple Springs Ranger Station (added 1991 - - #91000494)

Also known as Buildings 21 and 22

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Other

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Domestic, Other

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

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Mill Hole Farm (added 1978 - - #78001311)

W of Park City off U.S. 31W , Park City

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Paleo-Indian, Woodland

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1500-1999 BC, 1000-1499 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Single Dwelling

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Mitchell--Estes Farmstead (added 1996 - - #95001528)

Also known as Old Jack White Homestead

1706 Upper Smiths Grove Rd. , Smiths Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Graves/Burials, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Graves/Burials, Single Dwelling, Storage

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Old Guide Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000499)

Also known as C-28

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Reed--Dorsey House (added 1986 - - #86002866)

Upper Main Cross and Jefferson Sts. , Brownsville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Residential Area District (added 1991 - - #91000502)

Also known as Buildings 28 to 33

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Other

More Information:

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Salts Cave Archeological Site (added 1979 - - #79000278)

Also known as West's Cave;Old Salts Cave

Address Restricted , Mundfordville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Early Woodland

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 1000-1499 BC

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Education, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Research Facility

Superintendent's House (added 1991 - - #91000495)

Also known as 38

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Three Springs Pumphouse (added 1991 - - #91000492)

Also known as 024,024A

Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Processing Site

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Willis, Mathias, Store House (added 1987 - - #87000172)

Cummins Rd. , Windyville

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

Commercial American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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