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

Nelson County Kentucky (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Historic District, Bardstown Historic District and St. Joseph Cathedral and College Complex, Bloomfield Historic District and Cottage Grove Historic District.

The famous person Thomas Speed is associated with one of more of the Nelson County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Nelson County places including Leslie B. Samuels, Batcheldor & Allen, Samuels,T.W. and II. Prominent architectural styles found in Nelson Country are Federal, Italianate and Greek Revival.

Bardstown Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002837)

Roughly bounded by 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sts. Muir Ave., and RR track , Bardstown

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Georgian

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

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

Bloomfield Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000234)

Central Bloomfield, including parts of Hill, Main, Perry and Depots Sts. and Fairfield, Springfield and Taylorsville Rds, Bloomfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Italianate, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Education, Black, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Cottage Grove Historic District (added 1991 - - #91000390)

Also known as NE-238

1015 Old Bloomfield Pike , Bardstown

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Second Empire, Federal

Historic Person:

Speed,Thomas

Significant Year:

1811, 1895

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Samuels, T. W., Distillery Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002047)

Jct. of KY 523 and Corman RR tracks , Deatsville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Samuels,T.W.,II, Samuels,Leslie B.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Historic District (added 1984 - - #84001425)

N of Bardstown off US 31E , Bardstown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Gothic

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure

St. Joseph Cathedral and College Complex (added 1976 - - #76000930)

Also known as See Also:74000897;73000823

W. Stephen Foster Ave. , Bardstown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Education, Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, College, Institutional Housing, School

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Museum, Restaurant

Walnut Groves Farm (Boundary Increase I) (added 1999 - - #99000521)

Also known as Merrifield, Samuel B. House, See also: Walnut Groves Farm

801 Taylorsville Rd. , Bloomfield

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use