Global InformationList of plantations in Kentucky information
This is a list of plantations (including plantation houses) in the U.S. state of Kentucky, which are: National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.[1][2][3]
| Color key | Historic register listing |
|---|---|
| National Historic Landmark | |
| National Register of Historic Places | |
| Contributing property to a National Register of Historic Places historic district | |
| Designated Kentucky landmark or Historic Marker | |
| Designated Kentucky Heritage Farm (Kentucky Heritage Council) | |
| Not listed on national or state register |
| NRHP reference number | Name | Image | Date designated | Locality | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83002891 | Alexander Plantation House | 
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June 23, 1983 | Midway | Woodford | Alexander Plantation house is a notable example of early Kentucky stone architecture |
| 83002837 | Anatok | February 17, 1983 | Bardstown 37°48′29″N 85°28′17″W / 37.8081194°N 85.47147740000003°W |
Nelson | Currently owned by the Diocese of Louisville. Daniel Rudd, a prominent African-American Catholic journalist, was born into slavery on the plantation in 1854. | |
| 76000913 | Arcadia | May 4, 1976 | Shelby City | Lincoln | Arcadia is an excellent example of Greek Revival architecture. The house was built in 1836 by Isaac Shelby, Jr, a gentleman farmer, who was the fourth son of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Arcadia remained in the Shelby family until the early 1960s. It still contains many pieces of their original furniture. | |
| 66000357 | Ashland | 
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December 19, 1960 | Lexington 38°01′43″N 84°28′48″W / 38.02861°N 84.48000°W |
Fayette | |
| 88003372 | Aspen Hall | 
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February 8, 1989 | Harrodsburg | Mercer | |
| 83002633 | Beechland | July 12, 1983 | Louisville | Jefferson | Site of the marriage of Jefferson Davis to Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of President Zachary Taylor | |
| 83002889 | Blossom Hill | July 21, 1983 | Milton | Trimble | ||
| 98000325 | Blue Wing Landing | April 27, 1998 | Gratz | Owen | Modernly, the house is known as the Mason Brown House, and was home to the notable Brown family. | |
| 88003368 | Sutfield House | 
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February 9, 1989 | Harrodsurg | Mercer | also known as Alexandria |
| 78001375 | The Cedars | 
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1978 | Stanford | Lincoln | Built in 1853. Also known as Shadowlands. |
| 76000925 | Clay Hill | 
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November 7, 1976 | Harrodsburg | Mercer | |
| 93000045 | Coleman-Desha Plantation | Cynthiana | Harrison | |||
| 76000926 | Doricham | 
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October 22, 1976 | Harrodsburg | Mercer | |
| Duncan Hall | Bloomfield | Nelson | Built by Confederate Major Green Duncan in 1854 and housed 61 slaves. Remained in the same family until the 21st century. Burned in 2009. | |||
| 83002660 | Edgewood | 
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August 16, 1983 | Brownsboro Farm | Jefferson | |
| Elmwood | 
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1972 | Perryville | Boyle | Designated a Kentucky landmark. Served as a hospital during the Battle of Perryville | |
| Emmick Plantation | Lewisport | Hancock | ||||
| Fairfax Plantation | Bloomfield | Nelson | Built by John Stone, a native of Fairfax County, Va. in 1791. Home was later expanded. Also known as Stoneland. | |||
| Fairfield | Paris | Bourbon | ||||
| 72000536 | Farmington | 
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October 18, 1972 | Louisville | Jefferson | |
| Fearn Hill | 
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Hunters Bottom | Carroll | |||
| 83002668 | Fishpool Plantation | Louisville | ||||
| Federal Grove | Auburn | Logan | At its peak, Federal Grove consisted of more than 2,000 acres | |||
| 71000354 | Federal Hill | 
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March 11, 1971 | Bardstown | Nelson | |
| 87002189 | Forest Hill | December 30, 1987 | Stanford | Lincoln | ||
| Gatliff Plantation | Knox | |||||
| Giltner Plantation | Hunters Bottom | Carroll | In 1848, Francis Giltner was involved in a federal case Giltner vs. Gorham in Michigan, involving runaway slaves from his plantation. | |||
| 73000786 | The Grange | 
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April 11, 1973 | Paris | Bourbon | |
| 77000614 | Helm Place | 
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August 3, 1978 | Lexington | Fayette | Eventual home of Mary Todd Lincoln's sister, Emilie Todd Helm. Also known as Cedar Hall. |
| Henry Duncan House | Bloomfield | Nelson | Built by Henry Duncan, a descendant of Christopher Newport and Thomas Bragg, in 1783. Home was enlarged in 1800 and 1815. | |||
| 80001649 | James W. Alcorn House | 
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April 11, 1980 | Stanford | Lincoln | Also known as the Hickories at St. Alsaph's. |
| 83002828 | Honeysuckle Hill | 
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August 11, 1983 | Harrodsburg | Mercer | |
| Huston Plantation | Morganfield | Union | The oldest part of the house dates to 1820 with the main section constructed in 1843. The plantation was commandeered by Union forces as a campground during the American Civil War. | |||
| 71000347 | Locust Grove | 
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June 23, 1986 | Louisville 38°17′13″N 85°39′43″W / 38.28706°N 85.66192°W |
Jefferson | |
| Longview Farm | Glenview | Jefferson | The home was built in the 1840s, and is listed as it was once a part of Locust Grove Plantation | |||
| Maple Hill Manor | Springfield | Washington | Served as Confederate encampment and Union Hospital. Childhood home of Phil Simms. | |||
| 84000292 | McCutcheon Meadows | 
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November 24, 1984 | Auburn | Logan | |
| Maplewood Plantation | Walton | Boone | Maplewood was the home to fugitive slave Margaret Garner, and the inspiration for "Sweet Home," the fictional plantation in Toni Morrison's Beloved. | |||
| Mount Brilliant | Lexington | Fayette | Built on 2,000 acres of land gifted by Thomas Jefferson to William Russell in recognition of his brother Henry’s outstanding military service in the French and Indian War. | |||
| Mount Lebanon | 
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Paris | Bourbon | Home to Kentucky's second governor | ||
| Maplewood Plantation | Walton | Boone | Maplewood was the home to fugitive slave Margaret Garner, and the inspiration for "Sweet Home," the fictional plantation in Toni Morrison's Beloved. | |||
| 00000269 | Newell B. McClaskey House | 
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March 24, 2000 | Bloomfield | Nelson | |
| Oaklawn Plantation | Bardstown | Nelson | Currently a bed and breakfast named Bourbon Manor. | |||
| 83002855 | Oldham Plantation | 
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Falmouth | Pendleton | formerly listed on the National Register of Historic Places | |
| 76000907 | Oxmoor | 
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July 13, 1976 | Louisville | Jefferson | |
| 75000763 | Pleasant Retreat | 
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May 6, 1975 | Lancaster | Garrard | Home of Kentucky Governor William Owsley and the replica slave cabin featured in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| 83002887 | Preston Plantation | July 21, 1983 | Bedford | Trimble | The plantation consisted of 8,000 acres | |
| 76000862 | Richwood Plantation | 
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August 11, 1976 | Milton | Trimble | |
| 05001316 | Ridgeway | 
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November 25, 2005 | Cynthiana | Harrison | Also known as Handy House and Chestnut Hall. |
| 79003117 | Riverside | 
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April 20, 1979 | Louisville | Jefferson | |
| Rocky Hill Plantation | Smithland | Livingston | Home to Thomas Jefferson's sister, Lucy Jefferson Lewis. Site of infamous 1811 slave (Slave George) murder.[4] | |||
| Sanford Bishop House | Bloomfield | Nelson | ||||
| Scarlett Berkley Duncan Plantation | Bloomfield | Nelson | ||||
| Slead House | Shelbyville | Shelby | Historically, a 2,000-acre hemp plantation built in 1860 by the Slead Family. | |||
| 73000814 | Sportsman's Hill | 
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April 11, 1973 | Crab Orchard | Lincoln | |
| 66000359 | Springfield | 
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July 4, 1961 | Louisville 38°16′45″N 85°38′50″W / 38.27917°N 85.64722°W |
Jefferson | The boyhood home of President Zachary Taylor |
| Anoatop Plantation | Bloomfield | Nelson | Built by John Jones in the late 1850s. Currently houses a bed and breakfast and winery. Also known as Springhill | |||
| Springrest Plantation | Bloomfield | Nelson | Built by Dr. Micajah Glasscock in 1854. | |||
| Stillwell Heady Plantation | Bloomfield | Nelson | Built by the Heady family off of highway 458. | |||
| Stone Hall Plantation | 
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Bloomfield | Nelson | Built in 1835 by Isaac Davis Stone on land owned by his father since 1791. | ||
| Villa Lawn | Bardstown | Nelson | ||||
| W.J. Kendrick Plantation | Monticello | Wayne | ||||
| Walnut Hill | Gethsemane | Lincoln | Walnut Hill was one of the first brick buildings built in Kentucky, but it was torn down in the 1940s. Only the meat cabin survives. | |||
| 80001662 | Walnut Groves Plantation | 
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April 1, 1980 | Bloomfield | Nelson | Also known as Walnut Groves Farm or Merrifield House. Built by Samuel Boone Merrifield around 1830. Owned by the Merrifield, then McClaskey families; then by the Merrfield family again.
Now owned by Linda Bruckheimer and her movie producer husband, Jerry. |
| 71000342 | Waveland Plantation | 
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August 12, 1971 | Lexington | Fayette | |
| 85001841 | Ward Hall | 
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August 23, 1985 | Georgetown | Scott | Home to the family of famed Southern Belle Sallie Ward and Kentucky's Confederate Governor George Johnson. |
| 71000352 | White Hall | 
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March 11, 1971 | Richmond | Madison | |
| 84001824 | Anderson-Smith House | 
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March 1, 1984 | Paducah | McCracken | Serves as an official Kentucky Welcome Center and houses the furniture of Vice-President Alben Barkley. Also known as Whitehaven or "Bide-a-wee." |
| 73000824 | Wickland | 
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February 16, 1973 | Bardstown | Nelson | Has been the home of 3 governors: two from Kentucky and one from Louisiana |
| William Gatewood Plantation | Bedford | Trimble | Author and abolitionist Henry Bibb was enslaved on this plantation. After seeing six of his younger brothers sold away to other slave owners, Bibb escaped from slavery in 1842 and went on to work as an abolitionist and set up the first black newspaper in Canada. | |||
| 10000904 | Woodstock Plantation | November 10, 2010 | Trenton | Todd | Built in 1830, the home was once part of the 3,000 acres Woodstock Plantation. |
- ^ "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine," (PDF), National Register Bulletins, National Park Service. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
- ^ National Park Service (April 2007). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Archived from the original on 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
- ^ "Jefferson's Nephews - The Murder of a Slave". YouTube.