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Location of Carter County in Kentucky

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

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Carter County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.[1]

There are 4 properties listed on the National Register in the county.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.[2]

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Current listings

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Carter Caves Pictograph (15CR60) Upload image September 8, 1989
(#89001178) 		Address Restricted
Olive Hill
2 Van Kitchen House Upload image May 2, 1974
(#74000857) 		South of Grayson off Kentucky Route 7
38°14′15″N 82°59′32″W / 38.2375°N 82.992222°W / 38.2375; -82.992222 (Van Kitchen House) 		Grayson
3 Olive Hill C & O Depot
Olive Hill C & O Depot
Olive Hill C & O Depot
 October 29, 1992
(#92001487) 		Southern side of Railroad St., west of the junction with Plum St.
38°17′59″N 83°10′31″W / 38.299722°N 83.175278°W / 38.299722; -83.175278 (Olive Hill C & O Depot) 		Olive Hill
4 Saltpeter Cave
Saltpeter Cave
Saltpeter Cave
 July 24, 2001
(#01000743) 		Carter Caves State Resort Park
38°22′35″N 83°07′26″W / 38.376389°N 83.123889°W / 38.376389; -83.123889 (Saltpeter Cave) 		Olive Hill

Former listing

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Sellers House and Laboratory Building Upload image October 16, 1974
(#74002274)		December 13, 1974 S of Grahn
Grahn House was destroyed by fire a month after listing on the Register in 1974. The laboratory was dismantled in 1976 and relocated to the New England Air Museum storage.[5] In 1979, the museum was heavily damaged by a tornado, including most of the laboratory remnants.[6]

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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 April 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycarter/journals/matthew_sellers.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20161025043839/http://www.ket.org/trips/aviation/sellers.htm
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Carter_County,_Kentucky