The Stoner Creek Rural Historic District, in Bourbon County, Kentucky near Paris, Kentucky, is a 22,000 acres (89 km2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Stoner Creek Rural Historic District | |
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| Nearest city | Paris, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°09′53″N 84°11′12″W / 38.16472°N 84.18667°W |
| Area | 22,000 acres (89 km2) |
| Built | 1840 |
| Architect | Jens Jensen, others |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Mid 19th Century Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000449[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 2001 |
It included 526 contributing buildings, 207 contributing structures, seven contributing objects and 33 contributing sites.[1]
It includes work by landscape architect Jens Jensen.
Non-contributing resources include 367 buildings, 52 structures, and three sites.
It includes 10 historic farms. Each farm being known for its own specific thing.
Farms larger than 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) are:
- Claiborne
- Xalapa
- Highland, post-World War II
- Stonerside, post-World War II
- Norton Clay Farm
- Homer Short Farm[2]
Ones larger than 500 acres (200 ha) include:
- Auvergne, which has an antebellum main house and core of farmstead
- Hillside
- Hidaway
- Hunterton, pre-World War II
- Golden Chance, pre-World War II
- Green Valley[2]
It runs along Winchester, Stoney Point, Spears Mill, and N. Middletown Roads.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c John Sherwood Lewis (December 1, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Stoner Creek Rural Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 15, 2019. With accompanying 27 photos