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The Downtown Paris Historic District, in Paris, Kentucky, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was deemed significant as: the largest, richest, most varied and best-preserved concentration of historic architecture in Bourbon County from the period c. 1788 to ...
Paris Railroad Depot: April 11, 1973 : Between 10th St. and Winchester Pike: Paris: 44: Pocket Rural Historic District: Pocket Rural Historic District: April 22, 2003 : Along See Rd., Kentucky Route 57, and Kentucky Route 1198
The Stoner Creek Rural Historic District, in Bourbon County, Kentucky near Paris, Kentucky, is a 22,000 acres (89 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It included 526 contributing buildings, 207 contributing structures, seven contributing objects and 33 contributing sites. [1]
Bourbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,252. [1] Its county seat is Paris. [2] Bourbon County is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is one of Kentucky's nine original counties, and is best known for its historical association with bourbon ...
Joseph Houston settled a station in the area in 1776, but was forced to relocate due to prior land grants. In 1786, Lawrence Protzman purchased the area of present-day Paris from its owners, platted 250 acres (100 ha) for a town, and offered land for public buildings in exchange for the Virginia legislature making the settlement the seat of the newly formed Bourbon County.
Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician) was the 10th governor of Kentucky, but was also a particularly skilled stonemason, earning the name "Old Stonehammer". This courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1872, reportedly at the hands of arsonists. Courthouse Number 3 was constructed rather quickly in 1873, this time in French-Renaissance style building.
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky. [1] There are 33 such landmarks in Kentucky; one landmark has had its designation withdrawn. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette 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. [1]