National Register of Historic Places

Briggs, Samuel and Mary Logan, House

Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky
Listed
August 27, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000794

About this property

The Samuel and Mary Logan Briggs House, at 315 W. Main St. in Stanford, Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It has also been known as the Harvey Helm Historic Library & Museum. It is a five-bay two-story weatherboarded house on the south side of what is now U.S. Route 150, but was the Old Wilderness Road from the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky and to the Falls of the Ohio. It was built before 1790. It was the first location of the Stanford Presbyterian Church.

Location

315 W. Main St.
Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky
37.52848, -84.66497

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTRELIGION
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Stanford Commercial District
Listed
0.1 mi
Baughman's Mill and Stanford Railroad Depot
Industrial
0.2 mi
Lincoln County Courthouse
Civil War
0.2 mi
Alcorn, James W., House
Industrial
0.4 mi
Montgomery, Dr. Thomas, House
Industrial
0.5 mi

Nearby Battles

Action at Camp Dick Robinson
1861Civil War
5.2 mi

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When was Briggs, Samuel and Mary Logan, House listed on the National Register?

Briggs, Samuel and Mary Logan, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Briggs, Samuel and Mary Logan, House?

Briggs, Samuel and Mary Logan, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Briggs, Samuel and Mary Logan, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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