National Register of Historic Places listings in McLean County, Kentucky

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

Location of McLean County in Kentucky

It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.[1]

There are 9 properties listed on the National Register in the county, of which 6 are part of a National Historic Landmark spread across multiple counties.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Archaeological Site 15 McL 18
 
Archaeological Site 15 McL 18
March 15, 1982
(#82002738)
Left bank of the Green River, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) below the mouth of the Rough River[5]: 4 
37°29′08″N 87°09′52″W / 37.485556°N 87.164444°W / 37.485556; -87.164444 (Archaeological Site 15 McL 18)
Livermore
2 Archeological Site No. 15McL16
 
Archeological Site No. 15McL16
April 1, 1986
(#86000648)
Left bank of the Green River immediately above Rumsey[5]: 4 
37°31′48″N 87°15′05″W / 37.530000°N 87.251389°W / 37.530000; -87.251389 (Archeological Site No. 15McL16)
Rumsey Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[6]: 21 
3 Archeological Site No. 15McL17 April 1, 1986
(#86000649)
Above the right bank of the Rough River, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Livermore[5]: 4 
37°29′03″N 87°06′21″W / 37.484167°N 87.105833°W / 37.484167; -87.105833 (Archeological Site No. 15McL17)
Livermore Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[6]: 22 
4 Austin Site (15McL15)
 
Austin Site (15McL15)
April 1, 1986
(#86000650)
Left bank of the Green River, 4 miles (6.4 km) below Calhoun[5]: 4 
37°32′36″N 87°18′21″W / 37.543333°N 87.305833°W / 37.543333; -87.305833 (Austin Site (15McL15))
Calhoun Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[6]: 20 
5 Battle of Sacramento Battlefield
 
Battle of Sacramento Battlefield
March 24, 1998
(#97000875)
Junction of Kentucky Routes 81 and 85
37°25′10″N 87°15′42″W / 37.419444°N 87.261667°W / 37.419444; -87.261667 (Battle of Sacramento Battlefield)
Sacramento
6 Butterfield Site (15McL7)
 
Butterfield Site (15McL7)
April 1, 1986
(#86000651)
Southern bank of the Green River across from the mouth of the Rough River[5]: 31 
37°28′57″N 87°08′03″W / 37.482500°N 87.134167°W / 37.482500; -87.134167 (Butterfield Site (15McL7))
Livermore Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[6]: 19 
7 Crowe Shell Midden (15McL109)
 
Crowe Shell Midden (15McL109)
April 1, 1986
(#86000652)
Left bank of the Green River, 1 mile (1.6 km) above Livermore[7]
37°28′26″N 87°07′27″W / 37.473889°N 87.124167°W / 37.473889; -87.124167 (Crowe Shell Midden (15McL109))
Kirtley Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[6]: 23 
8 R.D. Ford Shell Midden (15McL2) April 1, 1986
(#86000653)
Along the Green River off Kentucky Route 256, west of Calhoun[5]: 4 
37°33′36″N 87°22′00″W / 37.560000°N 87.366667°W / 37.560000; -87.366667 (R.D. Ford Shell Midden (15McL2))
Ashbyburg Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark.[6]: 18 
9 Griffith-Franklin House
 
Griffith-Franklin House
July 7, 1975
(#75002061)
207 W. 2nd St.
37°32′13″N 87°15′38″W / 37.536944°N 87.260556°W / 37.536944; -87.260556 (Griffith-Franklin House)
Calhoun

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Webb, William S., and William G. Haag. "Archaic Sites in McLean County, Kentucky". University of Kentucky Reports in Anthropology 7.1 (1947): 1-46.
  6. ^ a b c d e f National Historic Landmark Nomination: Green River Shell Middens. National Park Service: 1994-05-05.
  7. ^ Claassen, Cheryl. Feasting with Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley: Archaic Sacred Sites and Rituals. Knoxville: U of Tennessee P, 2010, 41.