Falls of Rough Historic District

  • Also Known As: Green Family Farm Historic District

  • Address: KY 110
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1811/00/00 Judge Benjamin Sebastian Owner Benjamin Sebastian buys land from Isaac Kite heirs at Falls of Rough in Grayson County, Kentucky on which he will build a grist mill and a saw mill.
1829/00/00 Willis Green II Owner Willis Green, a lawyer residing in Hardinsburg, buys 200 acres from Benjamin Sebastian on the Rough River that includes waterfalls, the town on both sides of the river, mills and store.
1830/00/00 Willis Green II Home Willis Green builds a one and a half story residence of local lumber and brick. It will be extensively altered in 1879.
1877/00/00 King Bridge Company Engineers An arch beam iron bridge is erected over the Rough River by the King Iron bridge Manufacturing Company of Cleveland.

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Particulars for Falls of Rough Historic District:
Bridge Type Arch Bridge
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Commerce
Historic Use Financial Institution
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Architectural Style Late Victorian
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Processing
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Retail shop
Historic Use Single dwelling
Historic Use Storage



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78001305
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Late victorian, Gothic revival, Other
Attribute: Arch-beam type bridge
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Commerce, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Person
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1830, 1880, c 1905
Associated People: Green,Willis,II
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion, Agriculture, subsistence, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Processing, Religious structure, Department store, Single dwelling, Storage, Financial institution
Current Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence, Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure Storage Single dwelling Agricultural outbuildings

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