List of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky

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This complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky leads all objects and sites in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky , which in this state as a National Historic Landmark classified (NHL) and under the supervision of the National Park Service are. These buildings, districts, objects and other sites meet certain criteria with regard to their national importance. This list leads the objects according to the official designations in the National Register of Historic Places .

Distinction to the National Register of Historic Places

All NHLs are automatically included in the NRHP, a list of historic buildings that the National Park Service declares as monuments . The main difference between an NHL and a general NRHP record is the statewide significance that NHLs have, while most of the other records are of only local or state interest.

Legend

NHL	National Historic Landmark
NHLD	National Historic Landmark District

Current NHLs in Kentucky

	Name of the site	image	year	place	county	description
1	Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home		1965	Covington 39 ° 5 ′ 21 "N, 84 ° 30 ′ 20" W.	Kenton County	Home of Daniel Carter Beard , founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone , a forerunner of the Boy Scouts of America
2	Belle of Louisville		1989	Louisville 38 ° 15 ′ 15 "N, 85 ° 45 ′ 37" W.	Jefferson County	One of the last existing historical paddle steamers
3	Maker's Mark (Burks' Distillery)		1980	Loretto 37 ° 38 ′ 52 "N, 85 ° 20 ′ 56" W.	Marion County	The oldest operating whiskey distillery in Kentucky
4th	Camp Nelson Historic and Archeological District		2013	Nicholasville 37 ° 47 '10 "N, 84 ° 35' 59" W.	Jessamine County	Once one of the largest recruiting and training centers for Black Americans during the Civil War, Camp Nelson is also of importance as a refugee camp site for women and children who escaped slavery and sought freedom.
5	Churchill Downs		1986	Louisville 38 ° 12 ′ 11 ″ N, 85 ° 46 ′ 12 ″ W.	Jefferson County	Horse racing track and venue for the annual Kentucky Derby
6th	Ashland		1960	Lexington 38 ° 1 ′ 43 "N, 84 ° 28 ′ 48" W.	Fayette County	Home of Henry Clay (1777–1852), US Secretary of State from 1829 to 1829
7th	John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge		1975	Covington, Cincinnati  ( Ohio ) 39 ° 5 ′ 37 "N, 84 ° 30 ′ 36" W.	Kenton County	Until the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world
8th	Fort Boonesborough State Park		1996	Richmond 37 ° 54 ′ 2 ″ N, 84 ° 16 ′ 6 ″ W.	Madison County	One of the first white settlements in Kentucky
9	Green River Shell Middens Archeological District		1994	Morgantown address not published	Butler County	Archaeological dig site
10	Indian knoll		1964	Rockport 37 ° 15 ′ 48 ″ N, 86 ° 58 ′ 23 ″ W.	Ohio County	Archaeological site
11	Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf		1965	Danville 37 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ N, 84 ° 46 ′ 18 ″ W.	Boyle County	The Jacobs Hall is the oldest building of the Kentucky School for the Deaf (School for the Deaf)
12	Keeneland Race Course		1986	Lexington 38 ° 2 ′ 44 "N, 84 ° 36 ′ 38" W.	Fayette County	Horse racing track
13	Labrot & Graham's Old Oscar Pepper Distillery		2000	Versailles 38 ° 6 ′ 46 ″ N, 84 ° 48 ′ 43 ″ W.	Woodford County	Historic whiskey distillery
14th	Liberty Hall		1971	Frankfort 38 ° 11 '56 "N, 84 ° 52' 53" W.	Franklin County	The home of John Brown , the US Senator who promoted Kentucky state status
15th	Lincoln Hall, Berea College		1974	Berea 37 ° 34 ′ 19 ″ N, 84 ° 17 ′ 9 ″ W.	Madison County	Building on the grounds of Berea College , the first mixed-sex and multiracial college in the southern states
16	Historic Locust Grove		1986	Louisville 38 ° 17 ′ 13 ″ N, 85 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ W.	Jefferson County	Former home of George Rogers Clark
17th	Louisville Water Tower		1971	Louisville 38 ° 16 ′ 50 "N, 85 ° 42 ′ 4" W.	Jefferson County	Old Louisville water tower from 1856
18th	Mayor Andrew Broaddus		1989	Louisville 38 ° 15 ′ 33 "N, 85 ° 45 ′ 18" W.	Jefferson County	United States Life-Saving Service floating lifeboat station
19th	Ephraim McDowell House		1965	Danville 37 ° 38 ′ 42 "N, 84 ° 46 ′ 16" W.	Boyle County	Doctor Ephraim McDowell's home
20th	Middle Creek Battlefield		1992	Prestonsburg 37 ° 39 ′ 8 "N, 82 ° 48 ′ 40" W.	Floyd County	Location of the Battle of Middle Creek in the American Civil War , which was victorious for Union forces
21st	Mill Springs Battlefield		1994	Nancy 37 ° 0 ′ 19 "N, 84 ° 45 ′ 28" W.	Pulaski County	Location of the Battle of Mill Springs
22nd	Old Bank of Louisville		1971	Louisville 38 ° 15 ′ 20 "N, 85 ° 45 ′ 20" W.	Jefferson County
23	Transylvania University (Old Morrison)		1965	Lexington 38 ° 3 '9 "N, 84 ° 29' 38" W.	Fayette County	The Morrison College was one of the oldest buildings of the university, the first west of the Appalachians
24	Old State Capitol		1971	Frankfort 38 ° 12 ′ 1 ″ N, 84 ° 52 ′ 36 ″ W.	Franklin County	Also known as the Old Statehouse, it was Kentucky's third state capitol
25th	Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site		1960	Perryville 37 ° 40 ′ 31 "N, 84 ° 58 ′ 11" W.	Boyle County	The Battle of Perryville was the largest battle in Kentucky in the American Civil War.
26th	Pine Mountain Settlement School		1991	Bledsoe 36 ° 56 '55 "N, 83 ° 10' 59" W.	Harlan County
27	Pleasant Hill		1971	Harrodsburg 37 ° 49 ′ 5 "N, 84 ° 44 ′ 25" W.	Mercer County	Community of the Shaker religious group
28	George T. Stagg Distillery		2013	Frankfort 38 ° 13 '3 "N, 84 ° 52' 11" W.	Franklin County	With facilities dating from around 1880 to 1953, George T. Stagg is a rare example of a distillery that made its whiskey before, during, and after Prohibition . The distillery therefore offers an otherwise non-existent study of the evolution of buildings and technologies used by whiskey producers in America.
29	Zachary Taylor House		1961	Louisville 38 ° 16 '45 "N, 85 ° 38' 50" W.	Jefferson County	Home of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), Twelfth President of the United States (1849-1850)
30th	United States Marine Hospital of Louisville		1997	Louisville 38 ° 16'16 "N, 85 ° 47'2" W.	Jefferson County
31	Wendover		1991	Hyden 37 ° 7 '39 "N, 83 ° 21' 55" W.	Leslie County	First attempt to professionalize midwifery in the USA
32	Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum		1984	Simpsonville 38 ° 13 '22 "N, 85 ° 22' 20" W.	Shelby County	Birthplace of civil rights activist Whitney Young

See also

• National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} National Park Service: National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers ( English ) Retrieved September 6, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} List of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky . National Park Service , accessed October 26, 2017.
3. ↑ ^{a b} AMERICA’S GREAT OUTDOORS: Secretary Salazar, Director Jarvis Designate 13 New National Historic Landmarks ( English ) Department of Interior. March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
4. ↑ Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 6, 2012 

Web links

Commons : National Historic Landmarks of Kentucky  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• National Historic Landmarks Program - National Park Service