List of historic houses in Kentucky

My Old Kentucky Home

Ashland

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Conrad-Caldwell House

Croghan Mansion

Farmington

Kentucky Governor's Mansion

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Mary Todd Lincoln House

Mayo Mansion

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Riverview at Hobson Grove

Thomas Edison House

Ward Hall

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Wickland (Bardstown)

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
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)
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^[2]
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^[3]
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
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
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
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. 1850's
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 1866-1867; 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

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
↑ Stidham, Sadie W., 1986, Pioneer Families of Leslie County. Kentucke Imprints, Berea, Kentucky, 548 p., p.177.
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External links

[1] 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

[2] Stidham, Sadie W., 1986, Pioneer Families of Leslie County. Kentucke Imprints, Berea, Kentucky, 548 p., p.177.

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