National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Kentucky

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

Location of Butler County in Kentucky

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Butler 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, of which 6 are part of a National Historic Landmark spread across multiple counties. Another property was once listed but has been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 29, 2021.[2]

Current listings
[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Annis Mound and Village Site (15BT2; 15BT20; 15BT21)
Annis Mound and Village Site (15BT2; 15BT20; 15BT21)
 December 21, 1985
(#85003182)		 Western bank of the Green River in Horseshoe Bend, northeast of Logansport[5]
37°17′25″N 86°45′30″W		 Logansport
2 Baby Track Rock Petroglyphs (15BT40) September 8, 1989
(#89001175)		 Address Restricted
 Morgantown
3 Carlston Annis Shell Mound (15BT5) April 1, 1986
(#86000632)		 Eastern side of the Green River off Kentucky Route 403[6]
37°17′28″N 86°48′19″W		 Schulztown Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[7]:8
4 John Carson House
John Carson House
 July 26, 1991
(#91000922)		 205 S. Main St.
37°13′28″N 86°41′06″W		 Morgantown
5 Carson-Annis Ferry Farm
Carson-Annis Ferry Farm
 July 31, 1998
(#98000935)		 1086 Annis Ferry Rd.
37°17′39″N 86°45′10″W		 Morgantown Originally listed as "Carson's Landing", but boundaries increased and name changed on April 10, 2007
6 Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown
Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown
 July 17, 1997
(#97000713)		 1 block north of the junction of U.S. Route 231 and KY 403
37°13′32″N 86°41′00″W		 Morgantown
7 DeWeese Shell Mound (15BT6) April 1, 1986
(#86000635)		 Eastern bank of the Green River in Horseshoe Bend, west of Taylor Lake[5]
37°18′26″N 86°49′04″W		 Highview Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[7]:9
8 Finney Hotel
Finney Hotel
 November 7, 1995
(#95001349)		 Junction of Kentucky Route 403 and Hime St.
37°11′04″N 86°38′01″W		 Woodbury
9 Ice House on Little Muddy Creek January 8, 1987
(#87000171)		 U.S. Route 231
37°09′14″N 86°40′33″W		 Morgantown
10 Rayburn Johnson Shell Mound (15BT41)
Rayburn Johnson Shell Mound (15BT41)
 April 1, 1986
(#86000633)		 Eastern bank of the Green River in Horseshoe Bend, northwest of Taylor Lake[8]
37°19′28″N 86°49′04″W		 Prentiss Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[7]:12
11 Read Shell Mound (15BT10) April 1, 1986
(#86000647)		 Northern side of the Green River, west of Morgantown[9]:120
37°14′33″N 86°47′27″W		 Monticello Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[7]:10
12 Reedyville Petroglyphs (15BT65) September 8, 1989
(#89001176)		 Lock 5 Rd., just north of the Green River[10]
37°10′02″N 86°24′52″W		 Reedyville
13 Russell Shell Mound (15BT11) April 1, 1986
(#86000637)		 Eastern bank of the Green River in Horseshoe Bend[5]
37°16′16″N 86°48′01″W		 Logansport Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[7]:11
14 Turkey Rock Petroglyphs (15BT64) September 8, 1989
(#89001177)		 Address Restricted
 Morgantown
15 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Superintendent's House and Workmen's Office
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Superintendent's House and Workmen's Office
 June 19, 1980
(#80001489)		 Woodbury Park
37°11′05″N 86°37′56″W		 Woodbury
16 Woodbury Shell Midden (15BT67)
Woodbury Shell Midden (15BT67)
 April 1, 1986
(#86000639)		 Left bank of the Green River immediately above Woodbury[8]
37°10′51″N 86°37′39″W		 Woodbury Part of the Green River Shell Middens Archeological District National Historic Landmark[7]:13

Former listing
[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Summary
1 Butler County Jail November 1, 1984
(#84000219)		July 5, 1990 S. Warren and E. Logan Sts.
 Morgantown

See also

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 Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on January 29, 2021.
  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. Funkhouser, W.D., and W.S. Webb. "Archaeological Survey of Kentucky: Butler County". University of Kentucky Reports in Anthropology 7.5 (1950): 358.
  6. Funkhouser, W.D., and W.S. Webb. "Archaeological Survey of Kentucky: Butler County". University of Kentucky Reports in Anthropology 2 (1932): 56.
  7. National Historic Landmark Nomination: Green River Shell Middens. National Park Service: 1994-05-05.
  8. Claassen, Cheryl. Feasting with Shellfish in the Southern Ohio Valley: Archaic Sacred Sites and Rituals. Knoxville: U of Tennessee P, 2010, 41.
  9. Milner, George R., and Richard W. Jefferies. "The Read Archaic Shell Midden in Kentucky". Southeastern Archaeology 17.2 (1998): 119-132.
  10. Coy, Fred E., Jr., and Thomas C. Fuller. "Reedyville Petroglyphs: Butler County, Kentucky". Central States Archaeological Journal 17.3 (1970): 99-111: 103.
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