Fort Boonesborough State Park

  • Also Known As: 15MA41,123,128,131-135,138-139
  • NRHP Name: Fort Boonesborough Townsite Historic District

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Fort Boonesborough Site
  • Sight
  • US NHL
4375 Boonesboro Rd Fort Boonesborough State Park

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Daniel Boone Architect
1775/05/23 Judge Richard Henderson Leader A convention of the people in the deep wilderness of Kentucky gather in a constitutional convention, meeting under the shade of a huge elm tree and which its president, Richard Henderson, called our Church, State-house, Council Chamber, etc.
1775/05/23 James John Floyd Life John Floyd is sent as a delegate from the settlement of St Asaph to Boonesborough to meet to agree on laws and regulations for requirements to establish a colony called Transylvania.
1778/00/00

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Particulars for Fort Boonesborough State Park:
Cultural Affiliation African American
Area of Significance Agriculture
Area of Significance Commerce
Cultural Affiliation Euro-American
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Military
Historic Use Military Facility
Level of Significance National
Cultural Affiliation Native American
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State
Historic Use Storage
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 94000303
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, State
Architect: Henderson,Richard; Boone,Daniel
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Prehistoric, Historic and non-aboriginal, Exploration-settlement, Military, Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Native American, Euro-American, African-American
Significant Year: 1775, 1778
Historic Function: Transportation, Domestic, Defense, Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Storage, Water-related, Military facility
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Outdoor recreation Agricultural fields

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