Kentucky - Shelby County - Historic Districts
Shelby County Kentucky (Historic Districts) has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Lincoln Institute Complex and Shelby County Courthouse and Main Street Commercial District (Boundary Increase), Bland Farm, Brown, Cameron, Farm and East Shelbyville District.

Several famous people are associated with these Shelby County historic places including John A. Hornsby and A.O. Stanley.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shelby County places including Foster & Tandy, Frederick Law Olmsted and Joseph & Joseph. Prominent architectural styles found in Shelby Country are Classical Revival, Late Victorian and Beaux Arts.

Bland Farm (added 1988 - - #88002882)
Vigo Rd., 1 mi. W of Rt. 1005 , Bagdad
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Brown, Cameron, Farm (added 1988 - - #88002914)
Also known as Brownlea
KY 55 at Clear Creek , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
East Shelbyville District (added 1985 - - #85001252)
Roughly E. 3rd St. from Washington to Bradshaw St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Federal, Late Victorian
Historic Person:
Stanley,A.O.
Significant Year:
1867
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Hornsby, John A., House (Boundary Increase) (added 1989 - - #88003195)
Also known as Hornsby--Clore Farm;See Also:Hornsby, John A., House
Clore--Jackson Rd. , Eminence
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Hornsby,John A.
Significant Year:
1900, 1860, 1887
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Secondary Structure, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Processing, Secondary Structure, Storage
Lincoln Institute Complex (added 1988 - - #88002926)
US 60 W of Simpsonville , Simpsonville
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Foster & Tandy, Olmsted,Frederick Law
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Black
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
Science Hill School (added 1975 - - #75000831)
Also known as Science Hill Inn;Wakefield-Scearce Antique Gallery
Washington St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Seventh Street Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001254)
Main and 7th Sts. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Classical Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Post Office, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Shelby County Courthouse and Main Street Commercial District (added 1978 - - #78001399)
Also known as See Also:Shelbyville MRA
Roughly bounded by Washington, Clay, 4th and 6th Sts. , Shelbyville
Christopher L. Riley, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Joseph & Joseph
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse
Shelby County Courthouse and Main Street Commercial District (Boundary Increase) (added 1985 - - #85000864)
Also known as See Also:Shelby County Courthouse and Main Street Commercial
6th St. from Washington to Main St. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
Waddy Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002921)
Roughly KY 395/Main St. S of the Southern Railroad tracks , Waddy
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Single Dwelling
West Shelbyville District (added 1985 - - #85001273)
Roughly Main from Adair to 8th, Magnolia to Linden, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and Bland Sts. , Shelbyville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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