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

Montgomery County Kentucky has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Gaitskill Mound Archeological Site, Bondurant House, Morgan, Ralph, Stone House, Mount Sterling Commercial District and Wright--Greene Mound Complex.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Adena and Woodland Period dating back to 999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Montgomery County historic places including Enoch Smith and W.T. Fitzpatrick.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Montgomery County places including James Knox Taylor, Ralph Morgan, Eula Hanley, Frank Fitch and William Brothers. Prominent architectural styles found in Montgomery Country are Federal, Italianate and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Apperson, Judge, House (added 1991 - - #91000432)

Also known as MM-MS-141

Jct. of Apperson Heights and S. Bank St. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Bondurant House (added 1983 - - #83002835)

Off U.S. 60 , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Passenger and Baggage Depots (added 1991 - - #91000431)

Also known as MM-MS-98 and MM-MS-99

N of C & O RR tracks between S. Maysville and S. Bank Sts. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Chiles, William, House (added 1991 - - #91000430)

Also known as MM-MS-161

Off Richmond Rd. S of US 60 , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Church of the Ascension (added 1979 - - #79001025)

Also known as See Also:Mount Sterling Commercial District

High and Broadway Sts. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fitch,Frank

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Confederate Monument of Mt. Sterling (added 1997 - - #97000675)

Also known as MM-MS-163

Machpelan Cemetery. 1.5 mi. E of jct. of US 460 and KY 713 , Mt. Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

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East Mount Sterling Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000433)

Roughly, Harrison Ave. and N. Queen St. between E High St. and alley N of Strother St. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Italianate, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 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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Fitzpatrick, W. T., House (added 1991 - - #91000429)

Also known as MM-MS-142

Apperson Heights E of S. Bank St. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Fitzpatrick,W.T.

Significant Year:

1880, 1903

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Gaitskill Mound Archeological Site (added 1975 - - #75000807)

Also known as The Gaitskill Mound

Address Restricted , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Adena

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC, 499-0 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Hicks, Miss Emma, Bungalow (added 1991 - - #91000428)

Also known as MM-MS-132

10 White Ave. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

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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KEAS Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (added 1983 - - #83002836)

101 S. Queen St. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Machpelah Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000427)

Also known as MM-MS-162

E. Main St. at eastern city limits , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Methodist Episcopal Church South (added 1991 - - #91000426)

Also known as MM-MS-135

Jct. of E. Main and N. Wilson Sts. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Monarch Milling Company (added 1991 - - #91000425)

Also known as MM-MS-262

Jct. of S. Maysville and E. Locust , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

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Morgan, Ralph, Stone House (added 1980 - - #80001658)

Also known as Morgan's Station

E of Mount Sterling on Harper's Ridge Rd. , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Morgan,Ralph

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Mount Sterling Commercial District (added 1980 - - #80001659)

Also known as See Also:Episcopal Church of the Ascension

U.S. 60 and KY 11 , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,James Knox

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Business, City Hall, Correctional Facility, Department Store, Organizational, Post Office, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Current Sub-function:

Business, Correctional Facility, Department Store, Government Office, Organizational, Post Office, Professional

More Information:

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Northwest Residential District (added 1989 - - #89001422)

Roughly AR 1991, N. Maysville St., W. Main St., Samuels Ave., High St., Antwerp Ave., Holt, Sycamore, and Sterling , Mt. Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

William Brothers, Hanley,Eula

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Smith, Enoch, House (added 1980 - - #80001660)

Also known as Happy Hill

SR 1 , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal

Historic Person:

Smith,Enoch

Significant Year:

1810

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Wright--Greene Mound Complex (added 1998 - - #98000093)

Also known as 15MM6;15MM7;15MM8

Address Restricted , Mount Sterling

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland Period, Adena

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields