National Register of Historic Places listings in Powell County, Kentucky

Location of Powell County in Kentucky

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

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Powell 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]

There are 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

      This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 1, 2022. ^[2]

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Contents: Counties in Kentucky

• Adair
• Allen
• Anderson
• Ballard
• Barren
• Bath
• Bell
• Boone
• Bourbon
• Boyd
• Boyle
• Bracken
• Breckinridge
• Breathitt
• Bullitt
• Butler
• Caldwell
• Calloway
• Campbell
• Carlisle
• Carroll
• Carter
• Casey
• Christian
• Clark
• Clay
• Clinton
• Crittenden
• Cumberland
• Daviess
• Edmonson
• Elliott
• Estill
• Fayette
• Fleming
• Floyd
• Franklin
• Fulton
• Gallatin
• Garrard
• Grant
• Graves
• Grayson
• Green
• Greenup
• Hancock
• Hardin
• Harlan
• Harrison
• Hart
• Henderson
• Henry
• Hickman
• Hopkins
• Jackson
• Jefferson
• Jessamine
• Johnson
• Kenton
• Knott
• Knox
• LaRue
• Laurel
• Lawrence
• Lee
• Leslie
• Letcher
• Lewis
• Lincoln
• Livingston
• Logan
• Lyon
• Madison
• Magoffin
• Marion
• Marshall
• Martin
• Mason
• McCracken
• McCreary
• McLean
• Meade
• Menifee
• Mercer
• Metcalfe
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• Muhlenberg
• Nelson
• Nicholas
• Ohio
• Oldham
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• Owsley
• Pendleton
• Perry
• Pike
• Powell
• Pulaski
• Robertson
• Rockcastle
• Rowan
• Russell
• Scott
• Shelby
• Simpson
• Spencer
• Taylor
• Todd
• Trigg
• Trimble
• Union
• Warren
• Washington
• Wayne
• Webster
• Whitley
• Wolfe
• Woodford

Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed [4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Amburgy Hollow Petroglyphs		January 2, 1992 (#91001885)	Off Kentucky Route 613 atop the northern side of Amburgy Hollow [5] : 119  37°50′53″N83°41′42″W / 37.848056°N 83.695000°W / 37.848056; -83.695000 (Amburgy Hollow Petroglyphs)	Nada
2	Anderson Site		August 14, 1975 (#75000820)	Address Restricted	Stanton
3	Branham Ridge Petroglyphs (15PO158)		January 2, 1992 (#89001198)	Address Restricted	Vaughn's Mill
4	Clay City National Bank Building	Clay City National Bank Building	July 13, 1976 (#76000940)	6th Ave. 37°51′38″N83°55′16″W / 37.860556°N 83.921111°W / 37.860556; -83.921111 (Clay City National Bank Building)	Clay City
5	Haystack Rock Shelter		August 14, 1975 (#75000821)	Address Restricted	Stanton
6	High Rock Petroglyphs (15PO25)		September 8, 1989 (#89001201)	Between Cat Creek Rd. and the High Rock Lookout Tower [5] : 114  37°47′16″N83°46′42″W / 37.787778°N 83.778333°W / 37.787778; -83.778333 (High Rock Petroglyphs (15PO25))	Nada
7	Martin Fork Petroglyphs		January 2, 1992 (#91001886)	Off Tunnel Ridge Rd. along the Daniel Boone Trail [5] : 119  37°48′25″N83°39′32″W / 37.806944°N 83.658889°W / 37.806944; -83.658889 (Martin Fork Petroglyphs)	Nada
8	Martin Site		August 14, 1975 (#75000822)	Address Restricted	Stanton
9	McKinney Bluff Petroglyphs (15PO107)		September 8, 1989 (#89001199)	Address Restricted	Nada
10	Nada Tunnel 1 Petroglyphs		April 20, 1992 (#92000342)	Address Restricted	Nada
11	Nada Tunnel 2		January 2, 1992 (#91001883)	Address Restricted	Nada
12	Raised Spirits Rockshelter		March 15, 2005 (#05000144)	Address Restricted	Slade	Site of a hunting camp, where objects such as triangular arrowheads, ceramic jars, cornhusks, corn kernels, cut cane, and cordage were left by ancient peoples. Included in Red River Gorge District. [6]
13	Red River Gorge District		September 12, 2003 (#03000919)	Includes the confluence of Gladie Creek with the Red River [7] 37°50′12″N83°36′44″W / 37.836667°N 83.612222°W / 37.836667; -83.612222 (Red River Gorge District)	Daniel Boone National Forest	A large area in the national forest with extensive archaeological resources, having 442 contributing sites including numerous rock shelters. Extends also into Menifee County and Wolfe County. [8]
14	Seldon Skidmore Site		August 14, 1975 (#75000823)	Address Restricted	Stanton
15	Shepherd Site		August 13, 1975 (#75000819)	Address Restricted	Slade
16	State Rock Petroglyph Site (15PO106)		September 8, 1989 (#89001200)	Address Restricted	Furnace
17	White's Rockshelter Petroglyphs		January 2, 1992 (#91001884)	Address Restricted	Knowlton

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky
• Nada Tunnel
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky

References

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 July 1, 2022.
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. Coy, Fred E., Jr., and Thomas C. Fuller. "Petroglyphs of Powell County, Kentucky". Central States Archaeological Journal 18.3 (1971): 112-122.
6. Living Archaeology Weekend Steering Committee (2008). Living in the Red River Gorge: An Archaeological Study (PDF). Retrieved July 14, 2022.
7. Wyss, James D., and Sandra K. Wyss. An Archaeological Assessment of Portions of the Red River Gorge, Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky. Lexington: Ohio Valley Archaeological Research Associates, 1977, 233.
8. Memorandum of Agreement Among the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, the Kentucky Heritage Council, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Concerning the Management of Heritage Resources and the Limits of Acceptable Change Study of the Red River Gorge National Register District on the Daniel Boone National Forest (PDF). 2005. Retrieved July 14, 2022.