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Old Stone Inn, U.S. Route 60, Shelbyville, Shelby County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-72 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guyn's Mill, Saw Mill, Mundy's Landing & Pauls Mill Roads, Troy, Woodf...

Survey number: HAER KY-1-B Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1920

High Bridge, 4 miles Southwest of Wilmore, High Bridge, Jessamine Coun...

Survey number: HAER KY-37 Building/structure dates: ca. 1911 Initial Construction

Shaker East Family Dwelling House, U.S. Route 68, Shakertown, Mercer C...

Survey number: HABS KY-212 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-62 Survey number: HABS KY-20-2 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Liberty Hall, Main & Wilkinson Streets, Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2, FN-62 Survey number: HABS KY-20-2 Building/structure dates: 1797 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1835 Subsequent Work Buil... More

Colored Citizens of Kentucky - Douglass Frederick collection

You are about to apply A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and st... More

Hickman Outlet Building, 200 Block of Clinton Street, Hickman, Fulton ...

Significance: While located on main street in Hickman commerical district, the architectural integrity of this structure has been completely destroyed. Survey number: HABS KY-282

Boro Brothers Building, Office, 116 East Second Street, Covington, Ken...

Significance: Historically related to adjacent Italianate building because of association with Boro Brothers, an Italian family who operated a confectionary and saloon. Upper story exhibits decorative Italiana... More

William Talbert House, 215 North Mill Street, Lexington, Fayette Count...

Significance: A fine example of the Victorian style, the Talbert House combines an exuberant exterior with an elegant interior. Survey number: HABS KY-102

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Bardstown, Nelson County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS KY-20-9 Building/structure dates: 1819 Initial Construction

322 South Fifteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

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Jefferson County Courthouse, 531 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Je...

Significance: Designed in 1835 by the noted Greek Revival architect, Gideon Shryock, the Jefferson County Courthouse stands as one of the major surviving monuments to that style. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

Jefferson County Courthouse, 531 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Je...

Significance: Designed in 1835 by the noted Greek Revival architect, Gideon Shryock, the Jefferson County Courthouse stands as one of the major surviving monuments to that style. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

412 South Wenzel Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 412 South Wenzel Street is significant within the context of the Butchertown Area. This structure is typical of the camel back homes built throughout this particular neighborhood during the late ... More

The Levee, Lousiville, Ky. - Public domain image of a steam boat

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626 South Nineteenth Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

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Suger Creek Bridge, Spanning Suger Creek, Hopkinsville, Christian Coun...

Significance: Oldest dated bedpost pony truss in Kentucky. The only example in the State built by the Groton Bridge Company of New York. Survey number: HAER KY-7 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction

Shaker East Family Brethren's Shop, North side of Village Road, North ...

Survey number: HABS KY-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

Marshall Key House, Main Street, Old Washington, Mason County, KY

Significance: The brick Georgian townhouse, built ca. 1800, is one of the finest historic structures in Washington. It is distinguished by a handsome Georgian frontispiece and an elegant curved interior stairwa... More

[Letter from Isaac McCoy to his mother, Nancy McCoy, from Louisville, ...

Handwritten letter from Private Isaac McCoy of Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, on pictorial lettersheet showing the U.S. Capitol building.

Mary Cecil Cantrill No. 3 House, 121 North Mulberry Street, Georgetown...

Significance: The Cantrill #3 house is an example of a turn-of-the-century residence built for African-American citizens in a small southern city. Its shotgun plan is typical of houses built on narrow urban lo... More

Lexington Kentucky Central Union Club, Thursday, February 27, 1862 (C...

Washington Hall, Main Street, Old Washington, Mason County, KY

Significance: This large brick structure, two stories in front and three stories at the rear, was erected in stages between 1825 and 1845 and was important to the community as a hotel, tavern, and meeting hall.... More

Washington Hall, Main Street, Old Washington, Mason County, KY

Significance: This large brick structure, two stories in front and three stories at the rear, was erected in stages between 1825 and 1845 and was important to the community as a hotel, tavern, and meeting hall.... More

Clear Creek Furnace, Salt Lick, Bath County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1350 Survey number: HAER KY-39 Building/structure dates: 1987

Mount Lebanon, Peacock Road, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-30 Building/structure dates: ca. 1786 Initial Construction

Mount Lebanon, Peacock Road, Paris, Bourbon County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-30 Building/structure dates: ca. 1786 Initial Construction

1817 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 1817 West Madison Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of camelback shotgun houses that were buil... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Photographs of buildings in Los Angeles, California and the surroundin...

Photographs show chiefly buildings in Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Specific sites in Los Angeles include 1000 Wilshire Building, 777 Tower at Citicorp Plaza, ABC Entertainment Center, Ahmanson Center T... More

Lebanon National Cemetery, 20 Highway 208, Lebanon, Marion County, KY

Survey number: HALS KY-3 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000801

406-408 High Street (House), Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Significance: The townhouse is a contributing element in the Old State House Historic District. The structure was built as a multi-family duplex. Survey number: HABS KY-294 Building/structure dates: 1840 Ini... More

406-408 High Street (House), Frankfort, Franklin County, KY

Significance: The townhouse is a contributing element in the Old State House Historic District. The structure was built as a multi-family duplex. Survey number: HABS KY-294 Building/structure dates: 1840 Ini... More

Shaker North Family Dwelling House, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Survey number: HABS KY-169 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

1809 West Madison Street (House), Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: 1809 West Madison Street is significant within the context of the Russell National Register District which was listed in 1980. This structure is typical of shotgun houses that were built througho... More

Red Bridge, Spanning North Benson Creek, Frankfort, Franklin County, K...

Significance: Good example of a standard bridge design, popular during the late 19th century. Survey number: HAER KY-13 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1980 Subs... More

Letter from John Bowman to Isaac Hite

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounte...

Print shows the battle of Thames with Colonel Richard M. Johnson and the Kentucky volunteers on the left engaged in battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Prominent figures, including Col. Richard M. Johns... More

Battle of the Thames and the death of Tecumseh, by the Kentucky mounte...

Print shows the battle of Thames with Colonel Richard M. Johnson and the Kentucky volunteers on the left engaged in battle with Tecumseh and his Native troops. Prominent figures, including Col. Richard M. Johns... More

St. Thomas Catholic Church, U.S. Route 31 East, Bardstown, Nelson Coun...

Significance: The oldest existing Catholic church in Kentucky. It was designed by Maximilian Godefroy, famous Baltimore architect and was built on land donated by the prominent Howard family. Survey number: H... More

Manlius Thomas House, 125 North Mulberry Street, Georgetown, Scott Cou...

Significance: The Manlius Thomas house is an example of a turn-of-the-century residence built by an African-American carpenter/builder for his own use. It is unusual in its immediate neighborhood because it wa... More

Shaker Centre Family Ministry's Shop & Dwelling, East side of U.S. Rou...

Survey number: HABS KY-108 Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction

The discovery, settlement, and present state of Kentucke : and an essa...

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George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, C...

Significance: This is a collection of various important brewery related buildings that not only add to our understanding of the beer making process, but to our understanding of a major regional brewery. Additi... More

George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Sixth & Columbia Streets, Newport, C...

Significance: This is a collection of various important brewery related buildings that not only add to our understanding of the beer making process, but to our understanding of a major regional brewery. Additi... More

George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Brew House, Sixth & Columbia Streets...

Survey number: HABS KY-177-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

University of Kentucky, Carnegie Library, Lexington, Fayette County, K...

Significance: One of two Carnegie Libraries in Lexington, Kentucky. Built with a bequest of $26,500 from the Carnegie Foundation. Miss Margaret I. King, for whom present University of Kentucky Library is name... More

Will you come to the bower, favorite air with variations

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Frankl...

Significance: While on passage to Italy in the summer of 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright met and prepared sketches for the house at 509 Shelby Street in Frankfort, KY for Jesse R. Ziegler, a young Presbyterian ministe... More

Reverend Jessie R. Ziegler House, 509 Shelby Street, Frankfort, Frankl...

Significance: While on passage to Italy in the summer of 1910, Frank Lloyd Wright met and prepared sketches for the house at 509 Shelby Street in Frankfort, KY for Jesse R. Ziegler, a young Presbyterian ministe... More

Guyn's Mill, Grist Mill, Mundy's Landing & Pauls Mill Roads, Troy, Woo...

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Guyn's Mill, Grist Mill, Mundy's Landing & Pauls Mill Roads, Troy, Woo...

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Guyn's Mill, Grist Mill, Mundy's Landing & Pauls Mill Roads, Troy, Woo...

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U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell C...

Significance: The Central Bridge, built in 1890-91, is the earliest extant highway cantilever truss bridge in Kentucky. It was built by the King Iron and Bridge Manufacturing Company, and is one of the longest... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House, West side of U.S. Route 68, South...

Survey number: HABS KY-105 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farmington, 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: Farmington is one of the few houses constructed after a design by Thomas Jefferson. Its history of preservation has been remarkable. It now remains virtually as originally constructed, with the ... More

Farmington, 3033 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Significance: Farmington is one of the few houses constructed after a design by Thomas Jefferson. Its history of preservation has been remarkable. It now remains virtually as originally constructed, with the ... More

Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...

Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More

Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...

Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More

George Wiedemann Brewery Complex, Boiler Room, Sixth & Columbia Street...

Survey number: HABS KY-177-A Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Jeff...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS KY-20-19 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction

Kentucky School for the Blind, 1867 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Jeff...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19 Survey number: HABS KY-20-19 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction

Thomas Marshall House, U.S. Highway 68, Old Washington, Mason County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS KY-20-14 Building/structure dates: 1800 Initial Construction

Rose Hill, 461 North Limestone Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS KY-20-16 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

Rose Hill, 461 North Limestone Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS KY-20-16 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

Rose Hill, 461 North Limestone Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS KY-20-16 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

Rose Hill, 461 North Limestone Street, Lexington, Fayette County, KY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS KY-20-16 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

Ridgeway, 4095 Massey Avenue, Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY

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Ridgeway, 4095 Massey Avenue, Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ridgeway, 4095 Massey Avenue, Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY

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Ridgeway, 4095 Massey Avenue, Saint Matthews, Jefferson County, KY

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Old State House, Broadway, bounded by Madison, Clinton & Lewis Streets...

Significance: Date built (approx): Begun in Spring, 1826; and finished in Fall, 1830. Architect or builder: Gideon Shryock. Present condition: Fair; necessary repairs being neglected. Number of stories: Two.... More

Old State House, Broadway, bounded by Madison, Clinton & Lewis Streets...

Significance: Date built (approx): Begun in Spring, 1826; and finished in Fall, 1830. Architect or builder: Gideon Shryock. Present condition: Fair; necessary repairs being neglected. Number of stories: Two.... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Shaker Centre Family Dwelling House (Third), North side of Village Roa...

Significance: The Third Shaker Centre Family House is preserved as part of the Pleasant Hill Shaker Community. This was the third largest Shaker community within the United States, active between 1805 and 1910.... More

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...

Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...

Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph - historical image of Kentucky, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...

Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, 4701 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Je...

Survey number: HALS KY-6 Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

7th Cavalry Brigade mechanized, Fort Knox, Ky., July 1st, 1938, Major ...

Personnel standing in formation next to vehicles. J 26681 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: San Antonio, Texas. Photo no. 5253-A. Copyright deposit; National Photo & News Service; February 3, 1939.

Scrap book on law and politics, men and times /

A collection of speeches. Sabin 71951 LC copy has "Contents," p. [403]-404, incorrectly placed between second prelim. leaf and p. 1. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also avai... More

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.," nea...

Photograph shows Sign on building: Wolfe County Office WPA Project Superintendent; sign on car: Jesus saves.

The president and directors for the Kentucky Insurance Company promise...

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The president, directors & co. of the Bank of Henderson promise to pay...

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Map of the United States compiled from the latest and most accurate s...

Detailed map of the eastern United States to about the 97th Meridian. Shows drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, cities, towns and villages, canals, roads, and railroads in operation and p... More

The new code of chivalry or what we would have done. As approved by "...

The second of two satires by Chambers on events surrounding the killing of Maine Congressman Jonathan Cilley by Kentucky Representative William J. Graves in a February 24, 1838, duel. (See also "Scene in Washin... More

J.C. Breckenridge of KY., Glass negative photograph, American Civil Wa...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable Garrett Davis of Ky., Glass negative photograph, American Ci...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county sur...

Scale ca. 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 215.7 "Entered accoring to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by Campbell & Barlow." Index to cities counties is printed below the map. General map indicating roa... More

Cane Ridge Meeting House - Engraving, Public domain image

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[An Interior view of the original Lincoln cabin showing the old firepl...

23552W U.S. Copyright Office. From Kimball Hall Studio, Chicago. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description