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Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, USA, is the site of a Shaker religious community that was active from 1805 to 1910. Following a preservationist effort that began in 1961, the site, now a National Historic Landmark , has become a popular tourist destination .
1940. NRHP reference No. 90001169 [1] Added to NRHP. August 7, 1990. The Harland Sanders Café is a historic restaurant located in North Corbin, Kentucky. Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, operated the restaurant from 1940 to 1956. Sanders also developed the famous KFC secret recipe at the café during the 1940s. [2]
Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture, with an Emphasis on the Shaker Communities at Pleasant Hill and South Union. University Press of Kentucky, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8131-5567-8; Murray, John E. "A Demographic Analysis of Shaker Mortality Trends." Communal Societies. Volume 13 (1993): 22–44.
Burnett was born on 13 May 1791 in Patrick County, Virginia, United States. [1] He was the oldest of four children, the others being Charity, Andrew, and Zachiah. [1] By the mid-1790s, his family had settled in Wayne County, Kentucky. [1] In 1808, his parents converted to Shakerism and joined the Pleasant Hill Shaker Society with their four ...
71000354 [3] Added to NRHP. March 11, 1971. My Old Kentucky Home State Park is a state park located in Bardstown, Kentucky, United States. The park's centerpiece is Federal Hill, a former plantation home owned by United States Senator John Rowan in 1795. [4] During the Rowan family's occupation, the mansion became a meeting place for local ...
There are 86 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, of which 1 is a National Historic Landmark. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 26, 2024.[2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Shaker missionaries entered Kentucky and Ohio after the Cane Ridge, Kentucky revival of 1801–1803, which was an outgrowth of the Logan County, Kentucky, Revival of 1800. From 1805 to 1807, they founded Shaker societies at Union Village, Ohio; South Union, Logan County, Kentucky; and Pleasant Hill, Kentucky (in Mercer County, Kentucky).
Shaker Village may refer to: Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, home of Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. Shaker Village (Sabbathday Lake, Maine) Hancock Shaker Village, Hancock, Massachusetts. Harvard Shaker Village Historic District, Harvard, Massachusetts. Shirley Shaker Village, Shirley, Massachusetts.