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

Mercer County Kentucky (Page 2) has 21 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Historic District, Shaker West Lot Farm, Shawnee Springs, Stone Quarters on Burgin Road and Taylor, Capt. Samuel, House.

Several famous people are associated with these Mercer County historic places including Samuel Taylor and Col. George Thompson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mercer County places including Micajah Burnett, Samuel Taylor, George Sallee Jr., J.A. Wetmore, Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith, Archibald Woods and Peter N. Wilson. Prominent architectural styles found in Mercer Country are Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Federal.

Passmore, Benjamin, Hotel (added 1990 - - #88003374)

Also known as Mercer House;City Hotel

N. Main St. and Broadway , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

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Passmore, Benjamin, House (added 1989 - - #88003376)

Also known as Passmore House

111 W. Broadway , Harrodsburg

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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:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Passmore, George, House (added 1989 - - #88003379)

Also known as Passmore House

Poplar and Greenville Sts. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Pioneer Memorial State Park (added 1989 - - #88003377)

Also known as Fort Harrod State Park

College Ave. between Lexington and Poplars Sts. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

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Price, Dr. A. D., House (added 1989 - - #88003373)

Also known as Price House

115 W. Poplar St. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Roach--Ison House (added 1989 - - #88003352)

Also known as Ison House

NE of Harrodsburg off US 68 , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Shaker West Lot Farm (added 1983 - - #83002832)

Off U.S. 68 , Harrodsburg

Christopher L. Riley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

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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Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000353)

On U.S. 68 , Shakertown and vicinity

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Burnett,Micajah

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture, Religion, Social History

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Shawnee Springs (added 1976 - - #76000927)

Also known as George C. Thompson House

4 mi. NE of Harrodsburg on Curry Rd. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Thompson,Col. George,et al.

Significant Year:

1848, 1777, 1790

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Single Dwelling

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Smith--Williams House (added 1989 - - #88003355)

Also known as Woodlawn

S of Cane Run Pike , Burgin

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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St. Peters AME Church (added 1989 - - #88003381)

Lexington St. and US 127 , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sallee,George,Jr.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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St. Philips Episcopal Church (added 1978 - - #78001389)

Short and Chiles Sts. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith,Bishop Benjamin Bosworth

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Stone Quarters on Burgin Road (added 1983 - - #83002833)

KY 152 , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

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Sutfield House (added 1989 - - #88003368)

Also known as Alexandria

304 N. Main St. , Harrodsburg

Christopher L. Riley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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:

Professional

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Sutfield-Thompson House (added 1977 - - #77000637)

Also known as Sutfield-Thompson-Vance House;Courtview

362 N. Main , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

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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Taylor, Capt. Samuel, House (added 1977 - - #77000638)

Also known as Taylor-Glover-Vivian House;Bachelor's Barter

NE of Harrodsburg on Chatham Pike , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,Samuel

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Taylor,Samuel

Significant Year:

1790, 1781, 1786

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

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Tobin House (added 1992 - - #88003350)

1450 Curry Pike , Harrodsburg

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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:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

US Post Office--Harrodsburg (added 1989 - - #89000019)

105 N. Main St. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wetmore,J.A.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

More Information:

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Wildwood (added 1989 - - #88003366)

388 Curry Pike , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Williams House (added 1990 - - #88003351)

Also known as White House

Warwick Rd. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Woods, Archibald, House (added 1983 - - #83002834)

Also known as Woodsland

129 N. East St. , Harrodsburg

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Woods,Archibald

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

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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