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

Ohio County Kentucky has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 9 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Archeological Site KHC-6 (15OH97), Barnard, J. T., Shell Midden (KHC-1), Bowles Site (15OH13), Chiggerville Site (15OH1) and Indian Knoll.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Late Archaic, Woodland, Late Woodland, Mississippian and Archiac dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Ohio County historic places including William "Bill" Smith Monroe, John E. Pendleton and Samuel E. Hill.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Ohio County places including James Buchanan Monroe, Charles Wallace, Joe Hunter, Everett R. Woosley, Walter Scott Roberts and W.C. McClellan. Prominent architectural styles found in Ohio Country are Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Greek Revival and Italianate.

Archeological Site KHC-6 (15OH97) (added 1986 - - #86000655)

Also known as 15Oh97

Address Restricted , Kirtley

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

Barnard, J. T., Shell Midden (KHC-1) (added 1986 - - #86000669)

Also known as KHC-1

Address Restricted , Central City

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Archaic

Period of Significance:

3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Bowles Site (15OH13) (added 1986 - - #86000656)

Also known as 15Oh13

Address Restricted , Rochester

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Archaic, Woodland

Period of Significance:

3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Chiggerville Site (15OH1) (added 1986 - - #86000665)

Also known as 15Oh1

Address Restricted , Knightsburg

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Archaic, Late Woodland, Mississippian

Period of Significance:

3000-4999 BC, 1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Downtown Hartford Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002760)

Roughly 100 and 200 blks. Main St. and Courthouse Sq. , Hartford

Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McClellan,W.C., Roberts,Walter Scott

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Modern Movement, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Courthouse, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Dundee Masonic Lodge No. 733 (added 2008 - - #08000213)

Also known as OH-2, The Goat Building

11640 KY 69 N. , Dundee

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Religious Structure

More Information:

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Hartford Seminary (added 1973 - - #73000826)

Also known as The Old Watterson Place

224 E. Center St. , Hartford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Hill, Samuel E., House (added 1980 - - #80001663)

519 E. Union St. , Hartford

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Hill,Samuel E.

Significant Year:

1871

Area of Significance:

Law, Politics/Government, Military

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Indian Knoll (added 1966 - - #66000362)

Address Restricted , Paradise

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mississippian, Woodland, Archiac

Period of Significance:

5000-5499 BC, 4500-4999 BC, 4000-4499 BC, 3500-3999 BC, 3000-3499 BC, 2500-2999 BC, 2000-2499 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Jackson Bluff Site (15OH12) (added 1986 - - #86000666)

Also known as 15Oh12

Address Restricted , Rockport

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Archaic

Period of Significance:

3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape

Jimtown Site (15OH19) (added 1986 - - #86000667)

Also known as 15Oh19

Address Restricted , Kirtley

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Mississippian

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis Railroad Depot (added 1991 - - #91000923)

Also known as Fordsville Depot;L and N Depot,Fordsville (OH-3)

SE side Walnut St., 200' N of jct. with KY 54 , Fordsville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Monroe, Bill, Farm (added 2003 - - #03000648)

Also known as James B. Monroe Farm, OH-20; OH-21

Approximately 2 mi. west of the jct. of US 62 and KY 1544 , Rosine

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Monroe, William "Bill" Smith

Significant Year:

1920

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Extractive Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

More Information:

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Old Town Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002535)

Also known as See Also:Hartford Seminary

Roughly bounded by E. Union, Clay, E. Washington and Liberty Sts. , Hartford

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Other

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Pendleton House (added 1973 - - #73000827)

Also known as Hillside

403 E. Union St. , Hartford

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Pendleton,John E.

Significant Year:

1861, 1866

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Rosine General Store and Barn (added 2003 - - #03000708)

Also known as OH-23; OH-24, Woolsley's General Store

8205 Blue Moon of KY --US 62 , Rosine

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Performing Arts, Commerce, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution

More Information:

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Smallhous Shell Mound (15OH10) (added 1986 - - #86000668)

Also known as 15Oh10

Address Restricted , Smallhous

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland, Archaic, Mississippian

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

Wallace, Charles, House (added 1984 - - #84001890)

Address Restricted , Hartford

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wallace,Charles

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use