This is an alphabetical list of historic houses in the U.S. state of Kentucky. [1]
List of historic houses in Kentucky
Listing includes date of the start of construction:
- Abner Gaines House ( Walton) – Federal-style house; built 1814
- Allenhurst ( Scott County) – Greek Revival style mansion designed by Thomas Lewinski; built 1850
- Audubon ( Scott County) – Greek Revival style house; built 1829
- Ashland ( Lexington) – Estate of American statesmen Henry Clay; built c. 1806
- Beeches ( Frankfort) – Federal-style house; built 1800
- Ben Johnson House ( Bardstown) – Home of Lieutenant Governor William Johnson and his son Ben Johnson; built 1851
- Berry Mansion ( Frankfort) – Colonial Revival style house; built 1900
- Boxhill ( Glenview) – Georgian Revival style mansion; built c. 1906
- Branham House ( Georgetown) – Part of South Broadway Neighborhood District; built 1795
- Bullock-Clifton House ( Louisville) – Federal-style farmhouse. Oldest surviving wood-frame structure in Jefferson County; built 1834
- Carneal House ( Covington) – Oldest house in the city. Constructed by Thomas D. Carneal, one of Covington's founders; built 1815
- Catlett House/Beechmoor ( Catlettsburg) – Home of Alexander and Horatio Catlett, founders of Catlettsburg; built 1812
- Colson House ( Middlesboro) – Oldest remaining house in Bell County; built 1800
- Conrad-Caldwell House ( Louisville) – Richardsonian-style mansion located within the St. James-Belgravia Historic District; built 1893
- Dillon Asher Cabin ( Clay County, Kentucky); built 1799 [2]
- Croghan Mansion ( Louisville) – Home of George Rogers Clark and his sister, Lucy Clark Croghan. Remains the only residence still in existence west of the Appalachian Mountains to have sheltered Louis and Clark; built c. 1790
- D. W. Griffith House ( La Grange) – Home of movie director D. W. Griffith; built 1905
- Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home ( Covington) – Home of Daniel Carter Beard, a founder of Boy Scouts of America; built 1821
- Dinsmore Homestead ( Boone County) – Greek Revival and Federal-style home; built 1841
- Elijah Herndon House ( California) – Federal-style home; built 1818
- Elkwood ( Georgetown) – built 1810
- Farmington ( Louisville) – Home of James Speed, 27th U.S. Attorney General. Based on plans by Thomas Jefferson; built 1815
- Federal Hill ( Bardstown) – Home of senator John Rowan. Served as Stephen Foster's inspiration for the song My Old Kentucky Home; built 1795
- Fielding Bradford House ( Scott County)
- Foster Sanford House, aka Lady Burlington ( Burlington, Kentucky) – Grand Federal Style with Greek Revival c. 1831
- Francis M. Stafford House ( Paintsville) – Home of John Stafford, a founder of Paintsville. Oldest surviving house in Johnson County; built 1843
- Fryer House ( Butler) – Home of pioneer Walter Fryer; built 1811
- Glen Willis ( Frankfort) – built 1815
- Hausgen House ( Anchorage) – Colonial Revival style house; built c. 1890
- Hawkins House ( Georgetown) – Has served as a ropewalk and a dormitory for the Georgetown Female Seminary. Became a residential home in 1858; built c. 1790
- Hikes-Hunsinger House ( Louisville) – Federal-style residence; built 1824
- Hunt-Morgan House ( Lexington) – Home of John Wesley Hunt, the first millionaire west of the Allegheny Mountains and John Hunt Morgan. Birthplace of Thomas Hunt Morgan, the only Kentuckian to be awarded a Nobel Prize; built 1814
- Hurricane Hall ( Fayette County) – built 1794
- Jacob Eversole Cabin ( Perry County) – built ca 1789–1804, the oldest remaining building in Eastern Kentucky [3]
- James M. Lloyd House ( Mount Washington) – Italianate and Late Victorian style residence; built c. 1880
- Jesse R. Zeigler House ( Frankfort) – Only building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Kentucky; built 1910
- John Andrew Miller House ( Scott County) – Home of pioneer John Andrew Miller. Served as a community shelter from Native American attacks; built 1785
- Johnston-Jacobs House ( Georgetown) – Greek Revival style brick home; built 1795
- John Tanner House ( Petersburg) – Oldest surviving home in Boone County; built 1810
- Julius Blackburn House ( Scott County) – Home to American Revolutionary War veteran Julius Blackburn; built 1799
- Kentucky Governor's Mansion ( Frankfort) – Beaux-Arts style residence for the Governor of Kentucky; built 1912
- Landward House ( Louisville) – Brick Italianate mansion; built 1871
- Liberty Hall ( Frankfort) – Home to many notable Americans including John Brown and Margaret Wise Brown; built 1796
- Lincliff ( Glenview) – Georgian Revival mansion; built 1911
- Lloyd Tilghman House ( Paducah) – Home of Lloyd Tilghman; built 1852
- Longview Farm House ( Adairville) – A Italianate and Greek Revival style home; built 1851
- Martin Castle ( Fayette County) – European-inspired castle built by Rex and Caroline Martin. Currently serves as a hotel; built 1969 [4]
- Mary Todd Lincoln House ( Lexington) – Home of former first lady, Mary Todd Lincoln; built c. 1803
- Mayo Mansion ( Ashland) – A Beaux-Arts architecture mansion built in 1917 by Alice Jane Mayo
- Mayo Mansion ( Paintsville) – Home of John C. C. Mayo; built 1905
- McClure-Shelby House ( Jessamine County) – Greek Revival and Federal style residence; built 1840
- McConnell House ( Greenup County) – Federal, Georgian and Greek Revival style residence; built in 1834
- Milliken Memorial Community House ( Elkton) – First privately donated community house in the United States; built 1928
- Millspring ( Georgetown) – Home of Elijah Craig, founder of Georgetown; built 1789
- Moses Tyler Stone Cottage ( Louisville) – Home of Moses Tyler; built 1795
- Old Governor's Mansion ( Frankfort) – Currently serves as the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Serves as the oldest executive residence still in use in the United States; built 1796
- Orlando Brown House ( Frankfort) – Greek Revival style home designed by Gideon Shryock, designer of the Kentucky State Capitol; built 1835
- Payne-Desha House ( Georgetown) – Home of Robert Payne, a war hero from the Battle of the Thames; built 1814
- Peterson-Dumesnil House ( Louisville) – Victorian-Italianate mansion; built c. 1869
- Pope Villa ( Lexington) – Home of former John Pope, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the U.S. Capitol Building; built 1811
- Presley Tyler Farm House ( Louisville) – Georgian-Federalist Style House; built c. 1844
- Farnsley-Moremen House ( Louisville) – Brick I-house with a two-story Greek Revival portico; built 1837
- Riverview at Hobson Grove ( Bowling Green) – Italianate-style mansion; built c. 1850s
- Rob Morris Home ( La Grange) – Home of Rob Morris, the second and last poet laureate of Freemasonry and the founder of the Order of the Eastern Star.
- Ronald-Brennan House ( Louisville) – Italianate-style townhouse; built 1868
- Rose Hill ( Louisville) – Antebellum-style residence; built 1852
- Samuel May House ( Prestonsburg) – Home of former state senator and representative, Samuel May, built 1816
- Shropshire House ( Georgetown) – Home of Confederate governor of Kentucky, George W. Johnson; built 1814
- Thomas Edison House ( Louisville) – Home of Thomas Edison from 1866 to 1867; built c. 1850s
- Thomas Huey Farm ( Big Bone) – Gothic Revival style home; built 1865
- Ward Hall ( Georgetown) – Home of Junius and Matilda Viley Ward, built circa 1857
- Waveland ( Danville) – Home of Willis Green, built 1797
- White Hall ( Richmond) – Home of Cassius Marcellus Clay, cousin of Henry Clay; built 1799
- Wickland ( Bardstown) – Home of two governors of Kentucky and one Governor of Louisiana; built 1813
- Wickland ( Shelbyville) – Classical Revival mansion; built 1901
- Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum ( Shelby County) – Birthplace of Whitney Young, an American civil rights leader; built 1921
- William Forst House ( Russellville) – Site at which the Confederate government of Kentucky was formed; built 1820
- William Hickman House ( Winchester, Kentucky) – Federal-style home; built 1814
- Wooldridge-Rose House ( Pewee Valley) – Colonial Revival style residence; built 1905
- Zachary Taylor House ( Louisville) – Boyhood home of 12th President, Zachary Taylor; built 1790
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky
- List of Registered Historic Places in Kentucky
- Oldest buildings in the United States
References
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, all information related to this list of historic homes was taken from the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on 2010-09-11
- ^ https://www.kentuckytourism.com/beverly/history-heritage/historic-districts-sites/dillon-asher-cabin
- ^ Stidham, Sadie W., 1986, Pioneer Families of Leslie County. Kentucke Imprints, Berea, Kentucky, 548 p., p.177.
- ^ Holland, Jeffrey Scott; Moran, Mark; Sceurman, Mark (2008). "Personalized Properties". Weird Kentucky: Your Travel Guide to Kentucky's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. New York, New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 1-4027-5438-8. Retrieved on 2010-09-11
External links
- The Castle Post
- Liberty Hall National Historic Site
- Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate
- Historic Locust Grove
- Riverside, Farnsley-Moremen Landing
This is an alphabetical list of historic houses in the U.S. state of Kentucky. [1]
List of historic houses in Kentucky
Listing includes date of the start of construction:
- Abner Gaines House ( Walton) – Federal-style house; built 1814
- Allenhurst ( Scott County) – Greek Revival style mansion designed by Thomas Lewinski; built 1850
- Audubon ( Scott County) – Greek Revival style house; built 1829
- Ashland ( Lexington) – Estate of American statesmen Henry Clay; built c. 1806
- Beeches ( Frankfort) – Federal-style house; built 1800
- Ben Johnson House ( Bardstown) – Home of Lieutenant Governor William Johnson and his son Ben Johnson; built 1851
- Berry Mansion ( Frankfort) – Colonial Revival style house; built 1900
- Boxhill ( Glenview) – Georgian Revival style mansion; built c. 1906
- Branham House ( Georgetown) – Part of South Broadway Neighborhood District; built 1795
- Bullock-Clifton House ( Louisville) – Federal-style farmhouse. Oldest surviving wood-frame structure in Jefferson County; built 1834
- Carneal House ( Covington) – Oldest house in the city. Constructed by Thomas D. Carneal, one of Covington's founders; built 1815
- Catlett House/Beechmoor ( Catlettsburg) – Home of Alexander and Horatio Catlett, founders of Catlettsburg; built 1812
- Colson House ( Middlesboro) – Oldest remaining house in Bell County; built 1800
- Conrad-Caldwell House ( Louisville) – Richardsonian-style mansion located within the St. James-Belgravia Historic District; built 1893
- Dillon Asher Cabin ( Clay County, Kentucky); built 1799 [2]
- Croghan Mansion ( Louisville) – Home of George Rogers Clark and his sister, Lucy Clark Croghan. Remains the only residence still in existence west of the Appalachian Mountains to have sheltered Louis and Clark; built c. 1790
- D. W. Griffith House ( La Grange) – Home of movie director D. W. Griffith; built 1905
- Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home ( Covington) – Home of Daniel Carter Beard, a founder of Boy Scouts of America; built 1821
- Dinsmore Homestead ( Boone County) – Greek Revival and Federal-style home; built 1841
- Elijah Herndon House ( California) – Federal-style home; built 1818
- Elkwood ( Georgetown) – built 1810
- Farmington ( Louisville) – Home of James Speed, 27th U.S. Attorney General. Based on plans by Thomas Jefferson; built 1815
- Federal Hill ( Bardstown) – Home of senator John Rowan. Served as Stephen Foster's inspiration for the song My Old Kentucky Home; built 1795
- Fielding Bradford House ( Scott County)
- Foster Sanford House, aka Lady Burlington ( Burlington, Kentucky) – Grand Federal Style with Greek Revival c. 1831
- Francis M. Stafford House ( Paintsville) – Home of John Stafford, a founder of Paintsville. Oldest surviving house in Johnson County; built 1843
- Fryer House ( Butler) – Home of pioneer Walter Fryer; built 1811
- Glen Willis ( Frankfort) – built 1815
- Hausgen House ( Anchorage) – Colonial Revival style house; built c. 1890
- Hawkins House ( Georgetown) – Has served as a ropewalk and a dormitory for the Georgetown Female Seminary. Became a residential home in 1858; built c. 1790
- Hikes-Hunsinger House ( Louisville) – Federal-style residence; built 1824
- Hunt-Morgan House ( Lexington) – Home of John Wesley Hunt, the first millionaire west of the Allegheny Mountains and John Hunt Morgan. Birthplace of Thomas Hunt Morgan, the only Kentuckian to be awarded a Nobel Prize; built 1814
- Hurricane Hall ( Fayette County) – built 1794
- Jacob Eversole Cabin ( Perry County) – built ca 1789–1804, the oldest remaining building in Eastern Kentucky [3]
- James M. Lloyd House ( Mount Washington) – Italianate and Late Victorian style residence; built c. 1880
- Jesse R. Zeigler House ( Frankfort) – Only building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Kentucky; built 1910
- John Andrew Miller House ( Scott County) – Home of pioneer John Andrew Miller. Served as a community shelter from Native American attacks; built 1785
- Johnston-Jacobs House ( Georgetown) – Greek Revival style brick home; built 1795
- John Tanner House ( Petersburg) – Oldest surviving home in Boone County; built 1810
- Julius Blackburn House ( Scott County) – Home to American Revolutionary War veteran Julius Blackburn; built 1799
- Kentucky Governor's Mansion ( Frankfort) – Beaux-Arts style residence for the Governor of Kentucky; built 1912
- Landward House ( Louisville) – Brick Italianate mansion; built 1871
- Liberty Hall ( Frankfort) – Home to many notable Americans including John Brown and Margaret Wise Brown; built 1796
- Lincliff ( Glenview) – Georgian Revival mansion; built 1911
- Lloyd Tilghman House ( Paducah) – Home of Lloyd Tilghman; built 1852
- Longview Farm House ( Adairville) – A Italianate and Greek Revival style home; built 1851
- Martin Castle ( Fayette County) – European-inspired castle built by Rex and Caroline Martin. Currently serves as a hotel; built 1969 [4]
- Mary Todd Lincoln House ( Lexington) – Home of former first lady, Mary Todd Lincoln; built c. 1803
- Mayo Mansion ( Ashland) – A Beaux-Arts architecture mansion built in 1917 by Alice Jane Mayo
- Mayo Mansion ( Paintsville) – Home of John C. C. Mayo; built 1905
- McClure-Shelby House ( Jessamine County) – Greek Revival and Federal style residence; built 1840
- McConnell House ( Greenup County) – Federal, Georgian and Greek Revival style residence; built in 1834
- Milliken Memorial Community House ( Elkton) – First privately donated community house in the United States; built 1928
- Millspring ( Georgetown) – Home of Elijah Craig, founder of Georgetown; built 1789
- Moses Tyler Stone Cottage ( Louisville) – Home of Moses Tyler; built 1795
- Old Governor's Mansion ( Frankfort) – Currently serves as the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Serves as the oldest executive residence still in use in the United States; built 1796
- Orlando Brown House ( Frankfort) – Greek Revival style home designed by Gideon Shryock, designer of the Kentucky State Capitol; built 1835
- Payne-Desha House ( Georgetown) – Home of Robert Payne, a war hero from the Battle of the Thames; built 1814
- Peterson-Dumesnil House ( Louisville) – Victorian-Italianate mansion; built c. 1869
- Pope Villa ( Lexington) – Home of former John Pope, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, architect of the U.S. Capitol Building; built 1811
- Presley Tyler Farm House ( Louisville) – Georgian-Federalist Style House; built c. 1844
- Farnsley-Moremen House ( Louisville) – Brick I-house with a two-story Greek Revival portico; built 1837
- Riverview at Hobson Grove ( Bowling Green) – Italianate-style mansion; built c. 1850s
- Rob Morris Home ( La Grange) – Home of Rob Morris, the second and last poet laureate of Freemasonry and the founder of the Order of the Eastern Star.
- Ronald-Brennan House ( Louisville) – Italianate-style townhouse; built 1868
- Rose Hill ( Louisville) – Antebellum-style residence; built 1852
- Samuel May House ( Prestonsburg) – Home of former state senator and representative, Samuel May, built 1816
- Shropshire House ( Georgetown) – Home of Confederate governor of Kentucky, George W. Johnson; built 1814
- Thomas Edison House ( Louisville) – Home of Thomas Edison from 1866 to 1867; built c. 1850s
- Thomas Huey Farm ( Big Bone) – Gothic Revival style home; built 1865
- Ward Hall ( Georgetown) – Home of Junius and Matilda Viley Ward, built circa 1857
- Waveland ( Danville) – Home of Willis Green, built 1797
- White Hall ( Richmond) – Home of Cassius Marcellus Clay, cousin of Henry Clay; built 1799
- Wickland ( Bardstown) – Home of two governors of Kentucky and one Governor of Louisiana; built 1813
- Wickland ( Shelbyville) – Classical Revival mansion; built 1901
- Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum ( Shelby County) – Birthplace of Whitney Young, an American civil rights leader; built 1921
- William Forst House ( Russellville) – Site at which the Confederate government of Kentucky was formed; built 1820
- William Hickman House ( Winchester, Kentucky) – Federal-style home; built 1814
- Wooldridge-Rose House ( Pewee Valley) – Colonial Revival style residence; built 1905
- Zachary Taylor House ( Louisville) – Boyhood home of 12th President, Zachary Taylor; built 1790
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky
- List of Registered Historic Places in Kentucky
- Oldest buildings in the United States
References
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, all information related to this list of historic homes was taken from the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on 2010-09-11
- ^ https://www.kentuckytourism.com/beverly/history-heritage/historic-districts-sites/dillon-asher-cabin
- ^ Stidham, Sadie W., 1986, Pioneer Families of Leslie County. Kentucke Imprints, Berea, Kentucky, 548 p., p.177.
- ^ Holland, Jeffrey Scott; Moran, Mark; Sceurman, Mark (2008). "Personalized Properties". Weird Kentucky: Your Travel Guide to Kentucky's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. New York, New York: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 1-4027-5438-8. Retrieved on 2010-09-11
External links
- The Castle Post
- Liberty Hall National Historic Site
- Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate
- Historic Locust Grove
- Riverside, Farnsley-Moremen Landing