National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, Kentucky facts for kids

Location of Mercer County in Kentucky

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, Kentucky.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.

There are 71 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county; 1 of these is a National Historic Landmark. Another property was once listed but has been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Adams House		February 8, 1989 (#88003357)	Van Arsdell Pike 37°53′01″N 84°55′24″W	Salvisa
2	Archeological Site 15ME15		July 11, 1985 (#85001507)	Across the Salt River from the mouth of Dry Branch Creek 37°43′50″N 84°51′48″W	Harrodsburg	Also known as "Mercer Village"
3	Aspen Hall		February 8, 1989 (#88003372)	558 Aspen Hall Dr. 37°50′23″N 84°50′08″W	Harrodsburg
4	Baldin House		February 8, 1989 (#88003349)	South of Ebenezer on Ebenezer Rd. 37°52′32″N 84°48′57″W	Ebenezer
5	Beaumont Avenue Residential District		February 8, 1989 (#88003359)	338-538 Beaumont Ave. 37°45′24″N 84°50′36″W	Harrodsburg
6	Boise House		February 8, 1989 (#88003356)	Bohon Rd. east of Salt River 37°48′11″N 84°52′40″W	Harrodsburg
7	Bonta House		February 8, 1989 (#88003354)	Northeast of Danville on U.S. Route 127 37°43′11″N 84°49′07″W	Danville
8	Col. John Bowman House		February 8, 1989 (#88003353)	Kennedy Bridge Rd. 37°44′21″N 84°43′39″W	Harrodsburg
9	Burford Hill		February 8, 1989 (#88003367)	Greenville St. 37°46′21″N 84°50′26″W	Harrodsburg
10	Burris House		February 8, 1989 (#88003362)	South of Kirkwood Rd. 37°54′33″N 84°53′03″W	Salvisa
11	Nathaniel Burrus House		August 1, 1984 (#84001840)	955 Vanarsdall Rd. 37°53′45″N 84°53′31″W	Harrodsburg
12	Ambrose Burton House		August 11, 1983 (#83002826)	Unity Rd. 37°51′09″N 84°50′18″W	Harrodsburg
13	Cardwellton		November 17, 1977 (#77000636)	103 E. Broadway 37°45′49″N 84°50′34″W	Harrodsburg
14	Clay Hill		November 7, 1976 (#76000925)	433 Beaumont Ave. 37°45′29″N 84°50′33″W	Harrodsburg
15	College Street Historic District		February 9, 1979 (#79001023)	College St. from North Lane to Factory St. 37°45′59″N 84°50′43″W	Harrodsburg
16	Confederate Monument in Harrodsburg		July 17, 1997 (#97000677)	Springhill Cemetery, 0.5 miles southeast of the junction of U.S. Route 127 and Kentucky Route 1989 37°46′09″N 84°50′29″W	Harrodsburg
17	Cunningham House		February 9, 1989 (#88003361)	West of railroad tracks in Bondville 37°55′15″N 84°52′24″W	Salvisa
18	Daniel Curry House		February 9, 1989 (#88003383)	414 N. Main St. 37°46′03″N 84°50′36″W	Harrodsburg
19	Benjamin Daniel House		August 2, 1983 (#83002827)	Northeast of Harrodsburg off U.S. Route 68 37°50′43″N 84°44′22″W	Harrodsburg
20	Daughters' College		April 2, 1980 (#80001656)	638 Beaumont Dr. 37°45′09″N 84°50′34″W	Harrodsburg
21	Doricham		October 22, 1976 (#76000926)	409 N. College St. 37°46′04″N 84°50′41″W	Harrodsburg
22	Peter Dunn House		February 9, 1989 (#88003358)	South of McAfee off Old U.S. Route 127 37°50′42″N 84°51′19″W	McAfee
23	Dutch Reformed Church		February 16, 1973 (#73000819)	3 miles southwest of Harrodsburg on Dry Branch Rd. 37°43′27″N 84°51′48″W	Harrodsburg
24	The Elms		February 9, 1989 (#88003370)	354 E. Lexington 37°45′42″N 84°50′20″W	Harrodsburg
25	Fairview		August 1, 1984 (#84001883)	2408 Lexington Rd. 37°48′22″N 84°46′41″W	Harrodsburg
26	Forsythe-Shewmaker House		February 28, 2012 (#12000048)	603 Vanarsdall Rd. 37°53′42″N 84°52′42″W	Harrodsburg
27	Froman-McCann House		July 27, 2004 (#02000344)	532 Bailey Pike 37°46′22″N 84°46′52″W	Harrodsburg
28	Greek Revival Houses of Mercer County: Lynnwood, Walnut Hall, Glenworth		March 30, 1978 (#78001388)	North and east of Harrodsburg off U.S. Route 127 37°45′45″N 84°47′16″W	Harrodsburg
29	Greystone		February 9, 1989 (#88003382)	618 Beaumont Ave. 37°45′13″N 84°50′33″W	Harrodsburg
30	Floyd Gritton House		February 9, 1989 (#88003363)	Bondville Rd. west of Salt River 37°56′06″N 84°54′13″W	Salvisa
31	Harrodsburg Armory		March 24, 2000 (#00000281)	130 N. College St. 37°45′48″N 84°50′45″W	Harrodsburg
32	Harrodsburg Commercial District		April 3, 1980 (#80001657)	Roughly bounded by Lexington, Greenville, and Chiles Sts. and Moreland and Beaumont Aves. 37°45′37″N 84°50′36″W	Harrodsburg
33	Honeysuckle Hill		August 11, 1983 (#83002828)	712 Beaumont Ave. 37°45′01″N 84°50′18″W	Harrodsburg
34	Moses Jones House		February 9, 1979 (#79001024)	North of Harrodsburg on Oregon Rd. 37°54′45″N 84°48′21″W	Harrodsburg
35	Lexington and Cane Run Historic District		November 14, 2011 (#11000795)	E. Lexington & Cane Run Sts. 37°45′43″N 84°50′17″W	Harrodsburg
36	Lexington, Harrodsburg, and Perryville Turnpike Rural Historic District		October 23, 2003 (#03000087)	U.S. Route 68 37°48′35″N 84°46′52″W	Harrodsburg
37	Beriah Magoffin Monument		July 17, 1997 (#97000676)	Springhill Cemetery, 0.5 miles southeast of the junction of U.S. Route 127 and KY 1989 37°46′10″N 84°50′20″W	Harrodsburg
38	Matheny-Taylor House		February 9, 1989 (#88003378)	Poplar and College Sts. 37°45′42″N 84°50′45″W	Harrodsburg
39	McAfee Farm Historic District		February 9, 1989 (#88003360)	South of McAfee on Old Louisville Rd. 37°50′18″N 84°51′49″W	McAfee
40	George McAfee House		June 23, 1983 (#83002829)	Off KY 1160 37°50′51″N 84°52′46″W	Cornishville
41	James McAfee House		June 23, 1983 (#83002830)	Talmage Rd 37°51′24″N 84°52′20″W	Harrodsburg
42	Joseph McCoun-D.S. Sharp House		August 3, 2005 (#05000788)	Junction of Bondville Rd. and Crews St. 37°55′13″N 84°52′16″W	Bondville/Salvisa
43	McGee House		February 9, 1989 (#88003364)	Jackson Rd. 37°49′29″N 84°51′49″W	Harrodsburg
44	John McGee House		June 23, 1983 (#83002831)	Jackson Rd. 37°49′48″N 84°52′43″W	Cornishville
45	Mercer County Jailer's Residence		February 9, 1989 (#88003375)	320 S. Chiles St. 37°45′35″N 84°50′42″W	Harrodsburg
46	Millwood		July 6, 1976 (#76000928)	South of Salvisa off U.S. Route 127 37°52′57″N 84°52′23″W	Salvisa
47	Moreland House		February 9, 1989 (#88003371)	Off U.S. Route 68 37°45′58″N 84°49′47″W	Harrodsburg
48	Morgan Row		February 16, 1973 (#73000820)	222, 230, 232 S. Chiles St. 37°45′38″N 84°50′43″W	Harrodsburg
49	Joseph Morgan House		April 18, 1990 (#88003365)	Moberly Rd. 37°46′48″N 84°51′48″W	Harrodsburg
50	New Providence Presbyterian Church		October 10, 1975 (#75000806)	3 miles south of Salvisa on U.S. Route 127 37°51′53″N 84°51′10″W	Salvisa
51	North Main Street Historic District		December 19, 2011 (#11000796)	105-414 N. Main St., 109 W. Lexington, 101 W. Broadway, 163 E. Broadway 37°45′54″N 84°50′35″W	Harrodsburg
52	Benjamin Passmore Hotel		June 18, 1990 (#88003374)	N. Main St. and Broadway 37°45′50″N 84°50′36″W	Harrodsburg
53	Benjamin Passmore House		February 8, 1989 (#88003376)	111 W. Broadway 37°45′49″N 84°50′39″W	Harrodsburg
54	George Passmore House		February 9, 1989 (#88003379)	Poplar and Greenville Sts. 37°45′39″N 84°50′32″W	Harrodsburg
55	Pioneer Memorial State Park		February 9, 1989 (#88003377)	College Ave. between Lexington and Poplar Sts. 37°45′42″N 84°50′53″W	Harrodsburg
56	Dr. A.D. Price House		February 9, 1989 (#88003373)	115 W. Poplar St. 37°45′41″N 84°50′39″W	Harrodsburg
57	Roach-Ison House		February 9, 1989 (#88003352)	Northeast of Harrodsburg off U.S. Route 68 37°46′13″N 84°49′38″W	Harrodsburg
58	St. Peter's AME Church		February 9, 1989 (#88003381)	Lexington St. and U.S. Route 127 37°45′46″N 84°50′43″W	Harrodsburg
59	St. Philip's Episcopal Church		January 31, 1978 (#78001389)	Short and Chiles Sts. 37°45′39″N 84°50′40″W	Harrodsburg
60	Shaker West Lot Farm		June 23, 1983 (#83002832)	Off U.S. Route 68 37°49′35″N 84°45′18″W	Harrodsburg
61	Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Historic District		November 11, 1971 (#71000353)	On U.S. Route 68 37°49′14″N 84°44′36″W	Pleasant Hill
62	Shawnee Springs		July 19, 1976 (#76000927)	4 miles northeast of Harrodsburg on Curry Rd. 37°49′01″N 84°48′07″W	Harrodsburg
63	Smith-Williams House		February 9, 1989 (#88003355)	South of Cane Run Pike 37°44′57″N 84°47′01″W	Burgin
64	Stone Quarters on Burgin Road		June 23, 1983 (#83002833)	KY 152 37°45′40″N 84°49′15″W	Harrodsburg
65	Sutfield House		February 9, 1989 (#88003368)	304 N. Main St. 37°45′54″N 84°50′36″W	Harrodsburg
66	Sutfield-Thompson House		September 13, 1977 (#77000637)	362 N. Main 37°45′59″N 84°50′36″W	Harrodsburg
67	Capt. Samuel Taylor House		April 13, 1977 (#77000638)	Northeast of Harrodsburg on Chatham Pike 37°47′56″N 84°45′49″W	Harrodsburg
68	US Post Office-Harrodsburg		March 1, 1989 (#89000019)	105 N. Main St. 37°45′45″N 84°50′35″W	Harrodsburg
69	Wildwood		February 9, 1989 (#88003366)	388 Curry Pike 37°48′19″N 84°48′43″W	Harrodsburg
70	Williams House		June 18, 1990 (#88003351)	Warwick Rd. 37°49′50″N 84°49′35″W	Harrodsburg
71	Archibald Woods House		October 29, 1983 (#83002834)	129 N. East St. 37°45′46″N 84°50′27″W	Harrodsburg	Still owned by same family that built house on what was originally four-acre tract along south side of Town Creek near site of James Harrod's June 1774 'Big Spring' settlement. Six generations of the Woods family have lived here. Believed to have been modeled after Warren House (ca. 1760) near Smithfield, Surry County, Virginia.

Former listing

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Tobin House		February 9, 1989 (#88003350)	January 31, 1992	1450 Curry Pike	Harrodsburg