Shelby County Ohio has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include People's Federal Savings and Loan Association, Botkins Elementary School, Immaculate Conception Rectory at Botkins, Lockington Covered Bridge and Sacred Heart of Jesus Rectory.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shelby County places including Louis Sullivan, Cudell & Richardson, Louis Ley, Anton Goehr, Robert Larrimore, Isaac T. Fulton and John W. Carey. Prominent architectural styles found in Shelby Country are Colonial, Gothic and Gothic Revival.