Kentucky - 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
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
Colossal Cavern Entrance (added 1991 - - #91000491)
Also known as Colossal Cave Entrance;E-19
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
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
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000498)
Also known as T-43,C-11
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
Great Onyx Cave Entrance (added 1991 - - #91000490)
Also known as E-16
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
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
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000496)
Also known as T-40,C-16
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
K-Johnson 127, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
Maintenance Area District (added 1991 - - #91000501)
Also known as Buildings 59,60,63,64
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
More Information:
Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000497)
Also known as T-41,C-44
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
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
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
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
More Information:
Old Guide Cemetery (added 1991 - - #91000499)
Also known as C-28
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
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:
Residential Area District (added 1991 - - #91000502)
Also known as Buildings 28 to 33
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
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
More Information:
Three Springs Pumphouse (added 1991 - - #91000492)
Also known as 024,024A
Mammoth Cave National Park , Mammoth Cave
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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:
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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